This nine-game Orioles losing streak, extended by an noncompetitive 8-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night at Fenway Park, began with some games that got out of control late.
More often lately it’s been losses like Friday’s, where starter Spenser Watkins put them in a big hole early and they never recovered. This one left them with the club’s second-longest losing streak of the season, behind a 14-game losing streak to end May.
Watkins, who allowed one earned run in each of his first three starts, allowed four earned runs in each of the next three and was charged with six in four innings Friday.