But the Orioles and their fans sure aren’t embracing the triple digits that was bearing down on them like a fastball — 100 losses. With a 14-2 loss Friday night at the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore suffered its 100th defeat with 21 games remaining. The last time the Orioles lost at least 100 games was 1988. Orioles Manager Buck Showalter had never lost 100 games before this year, coming closest in 1998 in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ debut season. “My biggest challenge of an expansion team [with Arizona] was to avoid losing 100 games,” Showalter said Friday.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2018 02:37 UTC