Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino was only thinking about one thing when he saw his starting pitcher field a ground ball just four outs away from a perfect game.

“Set your feet.”

Brandon Young didn’t, and his throw sailed past first baseman Coby Mayo as former teammate Ramón Urías cruised into second base. The play was officially ruled an infield single with a throwing error on Young, spoiling the 26-year-old right-hander’s bid for the 25th perfect game in MLB history and the first by an Orioles pitcher.

“It’s a hard play,” Mansolino said after Baltimore’s 7-0 win over the host Houston Astros on Friday night, but the 42-year-old baseball lifer isn’t so sure that it should have been ruled a hit.

Urías played five-plus seasons with the Orioles before getting traded to Houston ahead

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