{"id":79132,"date":"2025-08-17T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79132"},"modified":"2025-08-17T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T11:12:13","slug":"update-baltimore-orioles-rookie-joined-rare-baseball-history-in-perfect-game-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79132","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Baltimore Orioles Rookie Joined Rare Baseball History in Perfect Game Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lzy it-large_16_9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" flipboard-image\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_513,w_912,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/c\/b\/cb59d5f30e9062ebd5272bf58bcb2632acec1842\/01k2t6n8jme2y5vk5hdw.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Orioles Rookie Joined Rare Baseball History in Perfect Game Bid\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"aph_inner\">\n<div class=\"art_headline\">\n<h1>Baltimore Orioles Rookie Joined Rare Baseball History in Perfect Game Bid<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"apl-inner\">\n<div class=\"art_body_article\">\n<div id=\"ac_104676391\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>The Baltimore Orioles shut out the Houston Astros 7-0 on Friday night at Daikin Park in Houston. Baltimore, in last place in the American League East, has now won three of four games. The Astros fell to 68-54, where they are just 0.5 games ahead of the Seattle Mariners in the American League West.<\/p>\n<p>Orioles&#8217; rookie Brandon Young was the story of the game, as he carried a perfect game into the bottom of the eighth inning before a Ramon Urias infield single ended the bid.<\/p>\n<p>Young joined an extremely rare group in baseball history with his effort, according to @OptaSTATS:<\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Young of the @Orioles is the fifth rookie pitcher in the last 50 years to have perfect-game bid go at least 7.2 innings, joining Triston McKenzie in 2021, Jorge Lopez in 2018, Travis Wood in 2010 and Orel Hershiser in 1984.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_104676392\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1956549181062922651&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Ffannation%2Fmlb%2Ffastball%2Fhistory%2Fbaltimore-orioles-rookie-brandon-young-joined-rare-baseball-history-in-perfect-game-bid-vs-houston-astros&amp;sessionId=c64ed6df2b832e32f9e0818cdd9973e2ac552c06&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1956549181062922651\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_104676393\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>It was the first win of Young&#8217;s career, as he&#8217;s now 1-6 with a 5.68 ERA. He&#8217;s struck out 46 batters in 52.1 innings and he fanned six on Friday. He went eight innings before giving way to the bullpen in the ninth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_104676395\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Offensively, the Orioles were paced by home runs from Colby Mayo and Dylan Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams will play again on Saturday night with first pitch coming at 7:10 p.m. ET. Reliever Rico Garcia will open the game for Baltimore while right-hander Jason Alexander goes for the injury-ravaged Astros.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander is 3-1 with a 5.02 ERA. 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