Orioles match club record with 107th loss

straight losses — finished with a 54-107 record. This year’s Orioles (43-107), who finish the season with 10 of their final 12 games against teams currently positioned for postseason spots, are near certain to set a new standard for losing.

“It’s frustrating to say the least,” first baseman Chris Davis said. “Once we hit 100, it was kind of like … I don’t know, I honestly didn’t have any words for it. It was embarrassing. It was frustrating. It’s one of those things you never want to be associated with, but at the same time, you’ve got to learn how to turn the page and start somewhere. Why not start now? I’m not sure where we’re headed, but at some point, you’ve just got to change it up I guess.”

Dating to 1871, only 11 teams have recorded more losses through their first 150 games, most recently the 2013 Detroit Tigers, who were 38-112 at that mark.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who rarely admits to looking at the standings, said reaching the 107-loss mark wasn’t something he was thinking about going into Monday’s game.

“I’ve got too many things, and people depending on me to do certain things between now and the end of the season,” Showalter said. “I think because it’s unpleasant to wrap [your head] around, probably I’m as guilty as anybody of staying tunnel vision about what we’re doing every day, trying to do what’s best. So, if that’s an answer to your question.”

It might be fitting given the fact that on this night, when the series opener was delayed by 30 minutes, the number of fans spread sparsely throughout the Oriole Park seating bowl could easily be counted. The announced attendance of 8,198 — the second smallest home crowd of the season — was maybe four times more than the actual fans in seats.

They reached the low-water mark Monday, one day after the four-year anniversary of the Orioles winning the American League East, a 96-win season that ended four wins away from the World Series. It’s been a fast fall. On Monday, you’d have to look deep to see the remnants of that roster. The Orioles played a game in which all nine innings were logged by pitchers who weren’t in the organization at the All-Star break.

Five of the nine batters in the starting lineup weren’t on the Opening Day roster.

And of the three players who recorded hits — second baseman Jonathan Villar, third baseman Renato Núñez and right fielder John Andreoli — none was on the major league roster before the