a brand new low: Orioles lose their 108th game, most in membership’s sixty five-12 months historical past
through Eduardo A. Encina
September 18 at 10:42 PMBALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles have been unable to position heritage on hold, blowing a two-run seventh-inning lead Tuesday nighttime on their solution to a 6-four loss to the Toronto Blue Jays that officially gave this 12 months's team the new distinction in franchise futility.
With the setback, the Orioles lost their 108th game, probably the most within the membership's 65-year heritage, breaking the mark set by means of the 1988 membership three a long time in the past.
The defeat changed into like many others this season with the Orioles discovering a way to lose, enabling four unearned runs in a seventh inning distinctive by the type of defensive miscues that have been ample this 12 months.
With eleven games left — and 10 of these contests coming against teams located for playoff berths — the Orioles (43-108) would tie the American League listing for losses in a season set through the 2003 Detroit Tigers — who accomplished forty three-119 — if they lose all of their final games.
The 1988 team may have bought plenty extra consideration for his or her losses than this one as a result of they opened the season with a massive league-list 21 losses. They had been captivating losers, getting on the cowl of sports Illustrated, and they nonetheless drew enthusiasts to Memorial Stadium, despite the fact that some wore paper bags on their heads.
If Tuesday's crowd at Camden Yards became any indication — the introduced attendance of 9,096 became a long way, way over the exact variety of enthusiasts in the stands on what became a crisp, clear nighttime — Baltimore's attention has lengthy turned somewhere else.
— Baltimore sun
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