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Juan Soto swing through a splitter from Brandon Young for strike two, and he stepped out of the box and nodded to Young, seemingly impressed. Then Young went right back to it for a swinging strike three on Soto.

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Jackson Holliday chops a two-out RBI single through the infield to score Cedric Mullins and give the Orioles a 1-0 lead on the Mets

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Brandon Young is through a career-high five innings (his fifth career start). He's exhibiting his best stuff yet. Young has struck out six Mets hitters with two hits against him. His splitter has induced six whiffs, and his fastball velocity is about 1 mph higher than avg

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Brandon Young threw the first immaculate inning for the Orioles since 2018, when Kevin Gausman did it on April 23. Nine pitches, nine strikes

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After an immaculate inning in the fifth, the first Mets batter of the sixth hits a game-tying solo homer against Brandon Young. It's Ronny Mauricio who goes yard

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Cedric Mullins slid into the left-center wall as he tried to make a play on a sharply hit liner. He can't make what would've been an unreal play, so the Mets produce consecutive doubles off Brandon Young. NY leads Balt, 2-1, in sixth. Brett Baty and Brandon Nimmo with 2B each

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Brandon Young's final line: 5 1/3 innings, two runs, five hits, six strikeouts and no walks. He produced an immaculate inning in the fifth, then produced a spotty sixth inning. Still, that's the best start of Young's young career

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Ryan O'Hearn, the Orioles' well-deserving All-Star, lines a two-run double to right field to give Baltimore a 3-2 lead in the sixth

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Ramón Laureano follows with a two-run single. The Orioles lead, 5-2, over the Mets. It's Hawaiian Shirt Night, and the packed house let two of the loudest roars heard this season out at Camden Yards for these two hits

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Jackson Holliday adds on for the Orioles in the seventh. His 12th homer of the year lands in the left-center bullpen to give Baltimore a 6-2 edge

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The Mets have tied this game. Bryan Baker allows his second two-run homer of this inning, this time to Pete Alonso. It's 6-6 in the eighth

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In a season full of these sorts of losses, the extra-innings defeat the Orioles suffered Tuesday still proved a gut-wrenching ending: thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/orioles…