Angels First Baseman Has Three Hits in First Major League Game Since 2023

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Trey Mancini had three hits in his first major league game since 2023 during a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros in 10 innings on Monday night. Mancini delivered a run-scoring single in the second inning in his first at-bat.

He singled again leading off the fourth before adding a third single in the eighth. The Angels selected the contract of Mancini and placed him in the lineup at first base against the Astros after putting infielders Vaughn Grissom and Adam Frazier on the 10-day injured list.

Mancini, 34, agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels in February that included an invitation to major league spring training. 273 with six homers, 29 RBIs and three steals for Triple-A Salt Lake this year. 263 with 129 homers and 400 RBIs over parts of seven seasons in the majors.

He played parts of six seasons with one team and hit a career-high 29 homers in 2019. Mancini sat out the 2020 season after surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. He returned in 2021 and spent part of the 2023 season with the Chicago Cubs before playing in the minor league systems of other organizations.

The Angels also recalled infielder Denzer Guzman from Salt Lake and transferred infielder Yoán Moncada to the 60-day injured list. Grissom's move to the injured list was retroactive to Friday, while Frazier's move was retroactive to Saturday.