Young, 26, retired the first 23 Astros he faced and took a perfect game to the eighth inning. "I felt awesome out there," Young said. "I was mostly just trying to calm my nerves down and keep my mind calm and execute each pitch to the best of my ability and not think about what was happening.

Ramón Urías tried to tell his new teammates how to prevent it.

Young was able to field the ball with his bare hand, but his off-balanced throw sailed wide of first base.