Rookie right-hander Brandon Young lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the eighth inning yet secured his first career victory as the visiting Baltimore Orioles rode home runs from Coby Mayo and Dylan Carlson to a 7-0 win over the Houston Astros on Friday.

Young (1-6) needed only 74 pitches to retire the first 21 batters he faced in order. He had 10 groundball outs, seven flyouts and four strikeouts on his ledger heading into the eighth.

Young opened that frame with a strikeout of Christian Walker before Yainer Diaz hit a long fly ball to right-center field that Daniel Johnson caught despite colliding with center fielder Greg Allen.

Four outs shy of completing the first perfect game in club history, Young surrendered an infield single to Astros second baseman Ramon Urias, who

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