Orioles drop ninth straight game, losing to Marlins, 5-4

Some day, presumably, the Orioles will win another baseball game. That day is not today. The O’s dropped their ninth straight game despite finally getting something resembling a little bit of offense, falling to the Marlins, 5-4.

The loss means that the Orioles have the dubious distinction of losing their 50th game before they have won their 20th game. Their 19-50 record has not made any history yet, even just considering the franchise. The 1988 Orioles had only 18 wins when they lost their 50th game.

The gap between the awful Orioles of the past and the awful Orioles of the present keeps shrinking. This team is currently on pace to win just 45 games, nine fewer than the 1988 incarnation of…