Orioles plunge to new depths on 18-game losing skid

(AP) — The Baltimore Orioles person mislaid 18 games successful a row, and someway that doesn’t bash their skid justice.

What’s startling is however seldom they’ve travel adjacent to ending the slide.

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Baltimore’s losing streak is the longest successful the large leagues since Kansas City’s 19-gamer successful 2005. The Orioles person been outscored during their descent by 102 runs—an mean of 5.7 per game. Only 1 of their defeats has been by 1 run, and 2 others were by two. They’ve mislaid by 7 oregon much runs 7 times during this nightmarish stretch.

Baltimore’s champion chances to triumph came aboriginal successful the streak. The Orioles led the Yankees 3-0 successful the 4th inning Aug. 4 earlier losing 10-3. They led 5-2 successful the sixth the pursuing game, but Tampa Bay stormed backmost for a 10-6 victory.

On Aug. 8—in the 5th crippled of the slide—Baltimore led the Rays 5-2 successful the seventh. But Tampa Bay scored six runs successful the eighth and won 9-6. The Orioles had a triumph probability of 93.8% successful the seventh inning of that game, according to Baseball Savant. That’s the highest it’s gotten during this skid.

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Since that nonaccomplishment to the Rays, Baltimore has not led astatine immoderate constituent aft the 4th inning, and the Orioles person had a multirun pb lone once. That was erstwhile they scored 2 runs successful the apical of the archetypal astatine Tampa Bay connected Aug. 18. The Rays instantly tied it successful the bottommost fractional and went connected to triumph 8-4.

The Orioles are 38 games retired of archetypal spot successful the AL East — and 26 1/2 games retired of fourth. Every different squad successful the part is astatine slightest six games implicit .500, underscoring the hard task Baltimore has successful the years to come. But assistance whitethorn beryllium connected the way.

According to MLB Pipeline, the Orioles person the No. 1 imaginable successful shot successful Triple-A catcher Adley Rutschman, the apical prime successful the 2019 draft. Baltimore besides has the top-ranked pitching prospect, Double-A right-hander Grayson Rodriguez.

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And past there’s adjacent year’s draft. Thanks to this slide, the Orioles person a bully accidental to prime No. 1 again.