CHICAGO -- Once again on Sunday afternoon, the Orioles showcased their "no panic" mindset, an impressive trait for a team that has a clubhouse littered with players in their 20s who don’t have a ton of big league experience.

Baltimore lost the first two games of the weekend series at Wrigley Field and had dropped three of its previous four contests. Key offensive contributors Cedric Mullins (right groin strain) and Ryan Mountcastle (vertigo) remain on the injured list, while Gunnar Henderson (stomach flu) was a late scratch for the finale vs. the Cubs.

Yet, the O’s did something that’s becoming a trademark characteristic of their 2023 club -- quickly turn the page from any adversity and continue to move forward.

With a 6-3 victory over Chicago, Baltimore again avoided being swept for the first time this season. The Orioles (44-27), who have lost three consecutive games only once, also denied an opponent of a three-game sweep on both May 28 (vs. Texas) and June 8 (at Milwaukee).

How do they do it?

“Knock on wood, first of all,” said starter Dean Kremer, who allowed three runs (one earned) in five innings. “Second of all, the guys come ready to play every day, every series. If we drop one, drop another one, we’re hungry for that next win.”

It sounds simple, but it’s not. Plenty of teams have losing streaks that spiral out of control and effectively end any postseason aspirations. It’s often happened for Baltimore in recent years, as the team had between 108 and 115 losses in every full season from 2018-21 (not including the pandemic-shortened 60-game ‘20 campaign).

This iteration of the Orioles just finds ways to halt any negative momentum.

“I think we’ve got a bunch of pros that don’t panic and are pretty consistent and stay steady and understand that things can change in a day,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “I don’t see any panic in our clubhouse.”

There were numerous moments Sunday that could have induced a bit of panic for some teams.

Baltimore took its first lead of the series in the fourth inning, when Anthony Santander tied the game with a leadoff homer and Ramón Urías knocked an RBI single to make it 2-1. But Chicago immediately reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the frame, as Cody Bellinger reached third on a three-base error by right fielder Ryan O’Hearn and Christopher Morel followed with a go-ahead two-run homer off Kremer.

In the sixth, though, the Orioles orchestrated another rally, plating three runs via an Urías sac fly and RBI singles from Adam Frazier and Jorge Mateo to go back ahead, 5-3.

“Really good at-bats,” Hyde said. “I’m really proud of our guys hanging in there.”

The Cubs were on the verge of another go-ahead rally in the seventh, when Mike Baumann hit consecutive batters with one out. After Yennier Cano took over on the mound when there were two outs, those baserunners moved up to second and third on a double steal.

However, Cano got Nico Hoerner to ground out, ending Chicago’s final prime scoring opportunity. The O’s tacked on another run with Adley Rutschman’s RBI double in the ninth, and Félix Bautista worked a 1-2-3 inning for his 19th save.

Just like that, another mini-skid ended.

“In this game, it’s all about winning the series. And if you lose the first two, you make sure you get one out there,” said veteran outfielder Aaron Hicks, who went 2-for-3 and reached base three times. “That’s how you’ve got to be. Especially if you want to be on a winning team and a team that goes far into the playoffs.”

Hicks hasn’t been on this team for long, as the 33-year-old signed as a free agent on May 30 four days after being released by the Yankees. But he’s already experienced two sweep-denying finale wins. Hicks also knows a thing or two about what it takes to reach the postseason, considering he was with the Yanks when they made it there every year from 2017-22.

Hicks believes the Orioles have what it takes to ride their early success into October. The attitude in the clubhouse is his primary reasoning.

“They come ready to play every single day, and that’s what’s fun to see,” Hicks said. “The guys here, they want to play every single day and they want to go out and win.”

And that’s the case no matter what happened in any of the days before.