No pitch is too high for Mancini to go deep

O's slugger connects on fastball 4.17 feet off ground, the highest pitch hit out in 2019

August 12th, 2019

How far did Orioles slugger Trey Mancini go up the ladder to hit a home run off Yankees starter James Paxton in the third inning on Monday afternoon? Nobody in the Major Leagues had gone deep off a higher pitch this season.

Mancini's opposite-field shot came on a 96.6-mph fastball that was 4.17 feet off the ground when he connected. This surpassed the previous high-water mark for 2019, set by Didi Gregorius with a grand slam against the Rays on July 16. The pitch hit by Gregorius was 4.02 feet high.

Mancini's home run was his 28th of the season.