Baltimore Orioles, Brandon Young
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The Baltimore Orioles have some serious young talent on the roster. A perfect managerial hire would be a young guy in his own right.
Baltimore Orioles rookie right-hander Brandon Young had to move past his last start. In dropping to 0-6, Young saw his ERA increase to 6.70 through the first 10 starts of his major league career after allowing six runs over three innings against the Athletics on Aug.
Samuel Basallo is a catcher by trade, but he can also play first base and his bat is more than good enough to land him at designated hitter.
On his 24th batter of the game against the Houston Astros, Young allowed an infield hit to infielder Ramón Urías, whom the Orioles traded to Houston at the deadline. Urías hit a soft grounder to Young's right, just far away enough that he had to make a rushed and off-balance throw that veered wide of first base, allowing the batter to reach second.
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 retired the first 23 batters he faced, only to have his shot at club history end on slow grounder to the third base side by Houston second baseman Ramon Urìas.
On Friday, Orioles rookie right-hander Brandon Young came within four outs of a perfect game. On Saturday, Baltimore called up outfielder Dylan Beavers (the club’s No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline), who then made his big league debut.
HOUSTON — Breaking up Brandon Young’s perfect game bid Friday wasn’t enough for Ramón Urías. He needed even more revenge. Urías, the longtime Orioles infielder who was traded to the Astros at the deadline,