On Monday night, the Cincinnati Reds lost to the New York Mets, 7-6. It was the Reds’ third straight defeat and 27th overall in 35 games this season, the worst mark in baseball and a reminder that for as bad as things are in Baltimore, they’re just a little worse in Cincinnati.
But things are still pretty bad in Baltimore.
With an 8-26 record entering Tuesday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals, the Orioles are on pace to break franchise records for futility. The offense is inert. Strikeouts have become contagious.