BALTIMORE — The Hampton Inn on Washington Boulevard here is just a pop fly from Camden Yards. There is even a couch shaped like a baseball glove at the entrance.

Most summers, when the Red Sox are in town to face the Orioles, the lobby of this hotel buzzes with Boston fans. But a few hours before the teams met on Wednesday night, all was calm. Bill MacInnis, a Red Sox fan from Stamford, Conn., sat on a chair eating popcorn as a cable news program hummed in the background. He was wearing a Red Sox cap, but it was the only one in the room.

“There aren’t as many Red Sox fans in town as usual,” MacInnis said. “And that’s partly because we’re losing and they’re winning.”

He was referring to the Orioles, whose last playoff appearance came in 1997 and who have finished in the top three of the American League East just once since. The Orioles beat the Red Sox on Tuesday and Wednesday before losing, 6-3, to them on Thursday. With a 64-54 record, they remained six games behind the Yankees in the division while still holding on to one of the two wild-card slots.