In trying to explain why he decided to shake up his starting lineup for Monday's series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, Orioles manager Buck Showalter likened it to trying to escape the repeated feeling of "Groundhog Day."
And as losses continue to pile up for the Orioles, they can't seem to wake up from this nightmare of a slide.
Playing a Rays team that — like the Orioles — is clinging to faint playoff hopes, the Orioles lost their fifth straight and their 11th in their last 12 games, 6-3 to Tampa Bay in front of an announced crowd of 19,841.