Utter humiliation: Orioles lose 12-1, get swept out of Yankee Stadium
The finale of the four-game sweep was the Orioles’ most embarrassing yet.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees is congratulated by Trent Grisham #12 after his first inning two-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on May 04, 2026, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) | Getty Images They say it’s very hard to sweep a four-game series in baseball. But they must not have watched the 2026 Orioles.
In an inevitable result, the Yanks completed the sweep of the Orioles with a 12-1 win in the finale. Aaron Judge’s first-inning homer dug the O’s a hole from which they never escaped, with yet more defensive blundering and overwhelming offensive futility in RBI situations compounding the Orioles’ woes. The Birds’ four-game jaunt to Yankee Stadium was, simply put, an embarrassment.
The O’s were outscored by at least five runs in every game. They never held a lead at any point. Their defense was terrible, their pitching was worse, and their offense failed to show up time and time again.
They were utterly outclassed at every turn, to the point that they looked like they weren’t even playing the same sport as the Yankees. Other than that, though, everything is fine. What’s there to say about a game that was essentially over in the first inning?
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