Canseco 2.0? Orioles' Trey Mancini gets inside
July 28, 2022
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At least Carlos Martinez got to jog around the bases when a fly ball hit Jose Canseco in the head and bounced over the fence for one of the more bizarre home runs in MLB atlanta braves mitchell ness jersey history. Trey Mancini had to hustle.
In the eighth inning of Thursday's 3-0 Orioles victory against the Rays, Mancini lifted a fly ball to right-center that was headed toward Rays right fielder JMLB Pajamas| Keychains osh Lowe. But as Lowe began to backpedal for the ball, he lost track of it in the sun. The next thing he knew, the ball atlanta braves jersey youth white came down and struck him in the left cheek and rolled off into the right field corner.
MancMLB T-Shirts ini raced around the bases for one of the most unlikely home runs of the season. Lowe remained in the game after the play.
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After the ball caromed off Lowe, center fielder Roman Quinn rushed over to field the ball and get it back into the infield. Though it was a close play at the plate, Mancini slid in just before the tag from Rene Pinto.
"Safe! Safe! Safe! A fairy tale!" the Orioles broadcast said on the call.
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The fairy tale part is less about the hit to Lowe and more aMLB Backpacksbout the idea Thursday could have been Mancini's final home game as an Oriole before he is traded at the deadline. Mancini, who missed all of 2020 as he underwFernando Tatis Jr. ent cancer treatment, has been in the organization since 2013 and has been in the majors with them since 2016.
Needless to say, it was not a fairy tale for Scott Sterling Lowe.