The Orioles planned to get creative for what was scheduled to be rookie left-hander Keegan Akin’s final outing of the first half of the season. Instead, they’ll skip his turn in the rotation entirely.
Hours after the club announced that right-handed reliever Dillon Tate would make his first career starter in Thursday night’s series finale with the Toronto Blue Jays — with Akin pitching in a bulk role behind him — the game was postponed because of inclement weather in Baltimore stemming from Tropical Storm Elsa. It will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader Sept.