The wrong side of history has come knocking for the Orioles three times over their past five games, and each time they’ve barely fended it off.

Three pitchers have carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning or later against Baltimore (34-46) since Saturday, taking advantage of an offense that has been sputtering of late.

The New York Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt was the first, blanking the Orioles over seven dominant frames Saturday before his pitch count and a blowout score forced in a journeyman reliever who lost the combined effort in the eighth. Then came the Texas Rangers’ Jacob Latz, a 29-year-old left-hander who went six frames Tuesday without a hit allowed in what was his third career start. On Wednesday, it was Jacob deGrom’s turn as the future Hall of Famer was perfect through six and did not allow a hit until Colton Cowser’s leadoff single in the eighth.

“It’s baseball; I’m not concerned about it,” Cowser said Wednesday night of the recent stretch. “I think that every day we’re just trying to go out there and execute a plan and approach, and sometimes if a pitcher is able to get us outside of that approach, we’re not going to have as much success. I think you’ve seen that a little bit lately, but we’re going to stay and remain confident in this clubhouse.”The Orioles’ offense had been on the upswing the past few weeks, averaging 5.3 runs per game over their previous 10 contests entering Saturday. They’ve scored 2.6 per game since, twice finishing with one hit. Losses have also been particularly tough to swallow lately, including the three no-hit bids, a wasted 8-0 lead against the Tampa Bay Rays and a 2-1 advantage surrendered in the eighth in New York.

It’s a stretch that has coincided with the back end of 16 games in 16 days for the Orioles, whose day off Thursday is their first break since June 9.

“There’s a little bit of fatigue right now,” interim manager Tony Mansolino said. “This has been a grind. I think you can attribute a little bit of that to that. I think guys are trying to win. I think there’s a little bit of, not anxiety, but maybe a tick of pressing at times. … We ran into some good pitching here recently. I think guys are a little bit tired. In this mix, too, we’ve scored some runs at certain points, too, so it hasn’t been every night.”

There’s certainly no shame in failing to figure out deGrom, the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner who’s firmly in the mix again this season at 37 years old with a 2.08 ERA. Schmidt, 29, is also coming into his own with the Yankees, pitching 24 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings to lower his ERA over the past two seasons to 2.85.

But when those outings sandwich a head-scratching performance against Latz, a late bloomer who had never completed six innings at the MLB level, it’s natural to wonder whether there’s any link. The Orioles don’t think there is one.

“In terms of accountability, I think when you see how these guys prepare every day and how they go about their business and what the intensity level is in the dugout, there’s a ton of accountability,” Mansolino said. “But it’s still baseball, and you have tough nights at certain times. So, I don’t think accountability is anywhere near the right word for what it is. I think it’s just a tough few nights, to be honest with you.

“It’s tough. I wouldn’t look too deep into it. It’s a really strange week. I think as you guys watch baseball on a nightly basis over the course of the year, really weird things happen all the time, and I probably attribute three days like this to that.”

The Orioles have been playing without struggling catcher Adley Rutschman (oblique strain) the past few days and Jordan Westburg only rejoined the lineup Wednesday after missing three games with a sprained finger. Ryan O’Hearn, the team’s most likely representative in this year’s All-Star Game, has also cooled off considerably in June.

While the Orioles preach confidence in their lineup, the trade deadline looms only five weeks away. Baltimore has a lot of work to do to climb back into the standings and not much time to do it and provide the front office with some kind of reason to avoid selling before July 31.

This season has been full of frustrating moments for the Orioles, but they’re still trying to stay positive even as the results are offering fewer reasons to do so.

“If you look at it that way, it’s frustrating,” Westburg said when asked about the no-hit bids over their past five games. “Grand scheme of things, I thought we’ve been playing some pretty good baseball the last couple weeks. We had a good offensive Game 1 behind a great pitching performance from (Trevor Rogers). I choose to look at the positives here. Off-day tomorrow, reset, come out with a big series against the Rays.”

Have a news tip? Contact Matt Weyrich at mweyrich @baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/ByMattWeyrich and instagram.com/bymattweyrich.