BALTIMORE -- The Orioles are entering historic territory. But it's not the kind of record book any team wants to be in.
In a season already littered with ineffective offense, disheartening injuries and the team's highest-paid player -- first baseman Chris Davis -- benched indefinitely, not even a last-place Marlins team could cure the O's woes. Instead, Baltimore mustered up just three hits in Friday's 2-0 series-opening loss, running its losing streak to eight and putting it just one game off the pace of the 1988 club, the worst team in franchise history.
The O's have not won a game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in over a month (May 13) and are the only team in the Majors to not have eclipsed the 20-win mark.