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Baltimore Orioles’ recruit launcher Brandon Young lost its perfect gaming offer in a brutal way during the team’s 7-0 victory against Houston Astros on Friday.
Young, 26, was four withdrawals to climb in history books when the second goal player from Astros Ramon Urias was in place.
Young launched a change on the outside part of the plate in a 2-2 account. Urias stretched out the hand and gently hugged a floor ball between the launcher’s mound and the third base.
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The launcher starting from Baltimore Orioles, Brandon Young, returns to the canoe after the eighth round of a baseball match against the Houston astros in Houston, Friday August 15, 2025. (AP photo / Ashley Landis)
Young, who had to hurry because of Urias’ speed, picked up the ball with his bare hand, turned and pulled a wandering launch at the first goal, allowing Urias to reach. Urias received a blow, and Young was accused of an error for allowing Urias of advancing at the second base on its wild launch.
“I thought I could play the game,” said Young after the match. “I arrived in time. I think I had a little more time to perhaps take a step and make a better throw. Obviously, I rushed it, I got it … I really want it to come back.”
Young settled down and withdrew the central defender of Astros Taylor Trammell to end the Channel. The 26 -year -old launched eight rounds while authorizing Urias alone, and he equaled his career summit with six stick withdrawals.
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Ramón Urías, n ° 29 of the Houston Astros, in simple to break the perfect gaming offer by Brandon Young, # 63 of Baltimore Orioles (not illustrated), during the eighth round at the Daikin Park on August 15, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Houston Astros / Getty Images)
“He launched all his locations for the strikes, behind in the enumerations, in front of the counts. Was able to mix the locations well. Thought he was very well executed his plan,” said the Orioles Adley Rutschman Receiver about the performance of Young.
Young said he knew the perfect game was at stake over the match.
“It is really difficult not to think about it,” said Young. “It’s just to try to calm down and think of a single terrain at a time. A kind of breathing, calm me down a bit, but I could say what was going on.”
The launcher starting from Baltimore Orioles Brandon Young launches during the first round of a baseball match against the Astros de Houston in Houston, Friday August 15, 2025. (AP photo / Ashley Landis)
Young is from Lumberton, Texas, which is less than 100 miles northeast of Houston, and said that his parents and grandfather were among the family members present in Daikin Park, where Young started to attend matches at the age of five.
The Orioles (56-66) will play Astros (68-54) in the second match in their three-game series on Saturday at 7:10 pm.
