HOUSTON – Left field at Minute Maid Park might be one of the most difficult places for an outfielder to navigate in the major leagues. It has a 19-foot high wall down the line that ends with a nook in left-center. There are two pillars – both in play -- that jut out a from a chain-link fence where relievers watch the game from the bullpen, and then near center field the top of the fence drops down to 10 feet high.
That’s where Orioles left fielder Trey Mancini got caught on Carlos Correa’s drive to left-center field in the first inning Tuesday night, right where a 25-foot high wall where the bullpen is drops to 10 feet.