The Kansas Royals swept the Baltimore Orioles in the AL Wild Card series with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday, ending the Orioles’ season without a playoff win.
The Baltimore Orioles are now tied for the fourth-longest streak of consecutive postseason game losses in MLB history. The Kansas Royals swept Baltimore in the AL Wild Card series with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday, marking Baltimore’s 10th-straight playoff loss while also ending the team’s season without a postseason win for the 10th straight season as well.
Baltimore’s postseason losing streak dates back to the 2014 ALCS when it lost in a four-game sweep to the Royals, as Kansas City won all four games by a combined six total runs. The streak extended in 2016 when Baltimore lost in the AL Wild Card game to the Toronto Blue Jays on an 11th-inning walk-off homer by Edwin Encarnacion.
Then, when the Orioles surprisingly won 103 games and took the AL East crown for the first time since 2014, they were quickly disposed of in the ALDS after a three-game sweep to the eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers.
