The Orioles haven’t given the home crowd at Camden Yards much to cheer about lately, and after an eighth-inning implosion on a sweltering Saturday afternoon at Oriole Park, they gave their fans plenty to boo.
Their late-inning unraveling ended in a 6-2 loss, their seventh straight defeat and 17th in their past 18 home games.
After a five-run eighth inning sequenced by the bad baseball that has summarized their season, those who remained of the announced crowd of 38,838 booed the Orioles off the field.
The fact that the Orioles managed just two runs — and had just three singles after scoring those runs in the opening frame — wasn’t a good omen.