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First child to receive double-hand transplant throws out first pitch before Orioles game

Lost before the one-hit gem of Dylan Bundy on Tuesday was the pregame ceremonial first pitch thrown by Zion Harvey.

Harvey, a 9-year-old from Owings Mills, became the first child in the world to receive a double-hand transplant last summer at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

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Harvey's hands and feet were amputated at age 2 after a sepsis infection led to gangrene.

He spent the year since his surgery working to regain hand function and the ability to throw a baseball through rigorous therapy sessions.

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And on Tuesday night, he accomplished it at Camden Yards by throwing out the first pitch to center fielder Adam Jones.

Click here for video of the first pitch.

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