The Baltimore Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander gets the Orioles back in the win column against the San Francisco Giants.

For a moment, all was forgotten. It didn’t matter that the Orioles had recently lost nine of their past 12 games as the postseason approached, or that their closer had blown a save or that their center fielder had just been shaken up after a scary collision.

With Wednesday’s loss, the Orioles have now lost eight of their last ten games. After Mike Yastrzemski’s solo home run put the Giants ahead in the top of the first, the Orioles snatched the lead back in their half of the third.

The Orioles, 26-30 since the All-Star Game, are now five games back of the New York Yankees in the American League East -- the largest deficit they've faced at any point this season. Baltimore does have a three-game set remaining against the Yankees,