Baltimore Orioles at Houston Astros

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Baltimore Orioles

56-66, 26-36 Away

Final
7 - 0

Houston Astros

68-54, 37-26 Home

Orioles right-hander Young loses bid for perfect game in 8th inning in 7-0 win over the Astros

Brandon Young's perfect game bid ends on an infield single

Young retired the first 23 batters he faced, only to have his shot at history end on slow grounder to the third base side by Houston second baseman Ramon Urìas.

With two outs in the eighth inning, Urìas, facing the Orioles for the first time since being traded last month, hit a 56 mph grounder between the mound and third base line. Young fielded the ball, but his off-balanced throw sailed wide of first base. Urías was awarded an infield single.

Young struck out the next batter to end the eighth. His eight innings pitched were a career high, and he matched his career best with six strikeouts

A native of Lumberton, Texas, less than 100 miles northeast of Houston, Young entered the game 0-6 with a 6.70 ERA through the first 10 starts of his big league career.

Yaramil Hiraldo retired the side in order in the ninth to preserve the Orioles first one-hitter since May 24, 2024.

Astros starter Framber Valdez (11-6) kept the Orioles in check until the fourth when Colby Mayo hit a two-out, solo home run.

Baltimore added to the lead in the fifth after loading the bases. With one-out, Gunnar Henderson drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and a second run scored on the play when Jésus Sánchez’s throw got past catcher Yainer Diaz.

After Henderson brought home a run in seventh, Dylan Carlson capped a three-run eighth inning with a two-run homer to give the Orioles a 7-0 lead.

Valdez allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings as the Astros' lead over Seattle in the AL West slipped to a half-game.

Key moment Urias’ infield single with two outs in the eighth inning to break up Young’s bid for a perfect game.

Key stat John Means threw the Orioles last no-hitter on May 5, 2021.

Up next Houston RHP Jason Alexander (3-1, 5.02 ERA) opposes LHP Cade Povich (2-6, 4.95) Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Altuve struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Smith flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Dubón popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Hiraldo relieved Young
	9th Inning	Mountcastle fouled out to right.
	9th Inning	Rutschman singled to right.

Statistics

BAL		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	1
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	1
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	103
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	1
41	Plate Appearances	28
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	0
6.8	Runs Created	-2.3
.333	Batting Average	.036
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.513	Slugging Percentage	.036
.205	Secondary Average	.000
.341	On Base Percentage	.036
.854	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.071
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
6.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-2.3
47.0	Batter Rating	1.0
19.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.44	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.179	Isolated Power	.000
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.024	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.128	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
13.0	Runs Produced	0.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.0
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.0
97.3	MLB Rating	52.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0