There is no team in the entirety of Major League Baseball that has suffered more defeats to the Baltimore Orioles over the course of the 2021 season than the New York Yankees. That’s not to say the O’s have played well against these Yankees, because of course they haven’t. Entering this series, the O’s are 5-8. A 5-8 record is still a whole lot better than the 1-18 the O’s racked up against the Rays.
The Orioles, as you may have heard, were the only team in MLB to be eliminated from a postseason spot before the calendar even turned to September.