DETROIT -- It feels like a lifetime ago, though only 10 days have passed. The Orioles had a somewhat improbable 12-inning win in the Bronx to secure three of four games against the Yankees -- more wins than they had all of last year in New York. The tides, it seemed like, they were a turnin'.
But any goodwill from that four-game set has long since washed away. That Baltimore club has hardly been recognizable since it boarded the Amtrak bound for home.
"There's no excuse on anything," Orioles shortstop Manny Machado said following the team's 13-8, series-sweeping loss to Detroit.