MIAMI -- Best. Birthday. Ever.

Marlins No. 21 prospect Victor Mesa Jr. got more than balloons adorning his locker and a serenade from fans for his 24th birthday.

With the Marlins trailing by 10 in the eighth inning of Monday night’s 15-7 loss to the Nationals at loanDepot park, the left-handed-hitting Mesa deposited southpaw Shinnosuke Ogasawara’s hanging slider into the second deck in right field for a three-run homer.

Mesa became the 15th player in franchise history to go deep on his birthday, and the first to do so for his first home run. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the seventh player in the Wild Card Era (since 1995) to hit his first career homer on his birthday, joining:

“Since I got to this country, I've been working,” said Mesa, who added a double on Monday. “

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