BALTIMORE — Detroit Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez was seven outs away from becoming the first pitcher in franchise history, and the first pitcher in MLB history since Félix Hernández in 2012, to throw a perfect game.
With two outs in the seventh inning, Ryan Mountcastle won an eight-pitch battle and hit a changeup into left-center field for a single. The hit broke up Rodriguez's bid for a perfect game against the Baltimore Orioles. He fired seven innings of one-hit ball, but the Tigers' offense failed to score until the eighth inning.
The Tigers lost, 2-1, in the series finale and were swept by the Orioles in three games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.