Trying to avoid their second 10-game losing streak in three years, the Orioles lost their best offensive producer in the first inning of Thursday night’s series opener against the Chicago White Sox.
After a 20-minute rain delay at Guaranteed Rate Field and a leadoff single from Cedric Mullins, Trey Mancini was hit in his right elbow by a 95 mph fastball from Chicago starter Dylan Cease. Baltimore’s first baseman immediately collapsed in the batter’s box and was checked by the team’s training staff.
He initially stayed in the game, running the bases as Cease retired the next three batters in a scoreless top of the first, but Pat Valaika replaced him at first for the bottom half.