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Who is Brandon Young? Orioles rookie loses perfect game bid in heartbreaking fashion vs. Astros

Brandon Young entered his start on Friday against the Astros looking for his first career win. He nearly threw the first perfect game in Orioles history.

The right-hander, in his sixth career start, was perfect through 7.2 innings, but he gave up an infield single to Ramon Urias and committed a throwing error to lose what would have been the second perfect game by a rookie in MLB history.

Young was Baltimore's minor league pitcher of the year last season after posting strong numbers across two levels. He had a 4.09 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 22 innings over seven Double-A outings. In Triple-A, Young recorded a 3.44 ERA with 96 strikeouts in 89 innings over 20 games.

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