SARASOTA, FLA. — In his first at-bat in nearly a year, Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini marked his return to baseball after missing all of 2020 because of stage 3 colon cancer with a base hit Sunday in the team’s spring training opener in Sarasota, Florida, against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mancini, who got a smattering of applause as he came in from his stretch on the outfield grass and got a nice ovation during the announcement of starting lineups, soaked in nearly a minute of applause after Cedric Mullins singled to open the Orioles’ first inning before he stepped in the batter’s box.