Tuesday night’s 10-0 blowout defeat against the Tampa Bay Rays was Baltimore’s 13th straight, making the Orioles the first team in the American League’s 120-year history with multiple losing streaks of at least that length in one season. Having lost their final 14 games of May, they have won only one in August, with Tuesday’s defeat at Tropicana Field marking their 13th in 14 games against the division-leading Rays.
The Orioles (38-80) have two more games in this series, hoping they will be more competitive than many of their recent efforts. During this losing streak, they have been outscored by 87 runs, an average of 6.