Houston was relying on José Urquidy (12-4, 3.69) to give them a chance of victory, while the O’s gave Dean Kremer (5-4, 3.29) got the turn for Baltimore.
So as it turns out, Kremer is pretty good. Perfect through the first three innings, it was still a scoreless tie in the top of the third when Anthony Santander (23) went deep for a two-run shot, followed shortly by a solo homer from Austin Hays (15) and a 3-0 Baltimore lead.
Jose Altuve broke up the perfect game with a one-out single in the fourth inning, but that was the only blemish on Kremer through six innings.