The Orioles enter Wednesday with the worst record in baseball, a distinction they haven’t had since Aug. 10, 2010, after manager Buck Showalter’s eighth game on the job.
But it’s worse than that.
The light-hitting Kansas City Royals gave the Orioles a sobering wake-up call in Tuesday’s series opener at Camden Yards. The Orioles had lost 12 straight on the road – the first time a team has gone winless on back-to-back road trips of five games or more since the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys – so getting back home to Camden Yards had to improve their fortunes, right?