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GONE! GONE! GONE! 3 HRs for Briggs
Thursday, May 7th , 2026
Ryan Briggs went yard three times in a Charleston RiverDogs victory over the Augusta GreenJackets at Ballpark of Charleston.
"I was in a groove," he said. "Every pitch they tossed up there looked like a grapefruit."
For the day, the Charleston first baseman went 4-for-5 against Augusta with 6 RBIs and 3 runs scored in a brilliant display of power hitting that led the RiverDogs to the 8-4 win.
"I tell you what. I'm shocked because I didn't think that last ball had enough to get out," he told BNN reporters in the clubhouse following the game. "I thought it was just going to be a long out."
Ryan Briggs grounded out in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Jose Gonzalez in the 3rd, hit a two-run home run off Jose Gonzalez in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off Humberto Lujan in the 8th.
For the season, Briggs is hitting at a .382 clip with 6 home runs, 18 RBIs and has scored 13 runs. He has 21 hits, 4 walks and a .426 on-base percentage.
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