Murmurs filled Eutaw Street as fans spilled from Camden Yards’ green gates. They questioned how this could happen, how their team could be eliminated so quickly yet again. They grew inquisitive with rhetorical questions. “Bases loaded, nobody out?” one fan asked themselves. “I don’t know, man,” another replied.

A growing displeasure is consuming Baltimore, which just saw its baseball team lose its 10th consecutive postseason game with a 2-1 defeat to the visiting Kansas City Royals in Game 2 of the American League wild-card series.

It would be natural to grow apathetic at this point. The Orioles have won 275 regular-season games over the past three seasons, but manager Brandon Hyde and company are 0-5 in the postseason. Maybe that feeling has already set in. Wednesday’s announced attendance of 38,698 was the lowest for a playoff game in Camden Yards history.

After another postseason sweep, Orioles fans want solace and answers — and changes.

“How am I feeling? Frustrated, agitated,” said Merrill Heim, also known as the “Fired Up Guy”, as he trotted to the parking lot. “I’m tired. I’m let down.”

For as imposing as the Orioles have been for most of the past three years, it’s not carried into October. Their postseason losing streak is tied for the fourth longest in MLB history. It stretches back to 2014 and was started by these Royals, who won 56 games last season, added more than $100 million to its payroll this offseason and are headed to the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees.

The Orioles didn’t have the days off between playoff games they thought might have hurt them last season. They overcame various adversities. Many hoped that would have this team better prepared after last season’s breeze of a regular season. They were familiar with the pressure of these games now. No matter how they’ve entered October, they haven’t figured out how to win on the biggest stage.

“I feel terrible,” Ryan O’Hearn said in a quiet clubhouse. “Terrible for our fans and feel like we let them down. Just sucks.”

Adley Rutschman is 2-for-20 through his first five playoff games. He hasn’t made these heightened moments his, preventing him from becoming the savior so many thought he’d be when he became the face of a grueling rebuild and a symbol of hope.

Gunnar Henderson went 0-for-7 in these two games. They were supposed to be where he stamped himself as one of the sport’s top talents. Anthony Santander, 1-for-7 this October in potentially his final games in Baltimore, went out chasing a big swing that never came. He popped up on a pitch above the zone with the bases loaded when a single would have been just fine — the antithesis of the approach coaches and players have repeatedly said hitters must have.

The Orioles have scored 12 combined runs in their past five playoff games. This year, that lowly output wasted starts from Corbin Burnes and Zach Eflin, who combined to allow just two earned runs over 12 innings.

“We have the talent,” Heim said. “But if I was writing a check this year, my check is going to Corbin Burnes and not the younger talent. You got Rutschman and Henderson, two of the best players, and they’re not performing. So they’re the last people I’m going to write a check to.”

“Everybody’s gonna be disappointed,” said Angelo Mileto, a season-ticket holder from Baltimore. “But at the end of the day, there’s only ever one team that’s happy. I think they get in their own way. They get in their own head. They stopped having fun.”

Mileto, who watched the final out from a TV on the concourse, plans to renew his 13-game plan for next season. He still exudes optimism despite another October collapse. He isn’t sure what needs to be done this offseason to prevent another one.

“I don’t know if it’s coaching,” he said. “I think a lot of it’s mental. It’s a good learning experience for them.”

Others let reactionary opinions fly and called for large-scale changes moments after their team’s season ended.

“If we bring back the same coaching staff, we’re gonna do this again next year,” said Wesley Arnold, a season-ticket holder who comes to 35 to 40 games each year but said that number might decrease next season.

“This team will underachieve with him as long as [Brandon Hyde] is there,” added Arnold’s friend, Shawn Singh.

Hope once oozed out of Orioles fans. A top-ranked farm system coupled with a surging, young major league roster was thought to surely produce postseason success by now. That once-rich feeling is disappearing — to various degrees depending on who’s asked. Some might need more wins to pull them back. Others won’t quit.

“There’s no optimism at this point,” Heim said. “At this point, it’s too bitter, it’s too sour. I need time to reflect on what I just watched two years in a row. There’s no optimism looking forward to the future at this moment — at this moment. I’ll be back here opening day.”