Royals walkoff sends Orioles even further into cellar, 5-4

When the Orioles and Royals began their three-game series this weekend, much was made about how the two teams were the worst of the worst. How they were jockeying for the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft. How they were equally matched opponents in their utter ineptitude.

Let there no longer be any doubt. The O’s have made their statement, firm and clear: there is no team in baseball as atrocious as the Baltimore Orioles.

The club lost its second straight game to Kansas City, this time in particularly brutal fashion on a Whit Merrifield walkoff, two-run homer in the ninth inning. As has been a recurring theme all year, the best efforts of the Orioles weren’t enough to win. In this case, they…