Five things we learned from the Orioles’ week, including the Craig Kimbrel dilemma and the meaning of the sweepless streak

The Orioles swept the Cincinnati Reds and outlasted the Washington Nationals over 12 innings to pull out a split and extend their steak of not being swept in the regular season to 103 series.

Here are five things we learned from a 4-1 road trip.

The sweepless streak is an oddity that also says something about these Orioles

We all had our obituaries ready. The Orioles’ Wednesday night back-and-forth with the Nationals felt long and strange enough to make for an appropriate end to a streak that goes back two years.