The Orioles’ latest stretch devoid of victories reached a dozen with Monday night’s 9-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The defeat, their 12th in 13 meetings with the American League East leaders, made the Orioles the third AL team since 1901 and first since the 1996 Detroit Tigers to suffer through multiple 12-game losing streaks in one season. Baltimore (38-79) lost its final 14 games of May.
Those Tigers a quarter-century ago were the most recent team in either league with two skids of that length entering this year, but the Arizona Diamondbacks, the only team this season with a worse record than the Orioles, had a pair of streaks totaling 30 losses in the first half.