The Orioles, losers of nine of their past 10 games, were prepared to play their scheduled series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. Instead, they got a badly needed night off.
The game was officially postponed two hours before the scheduled first pitch just as a band of storms bore down on Camden Yards, and the teams will make it up as part of a single-admission doubleheader May 12.
As plans to potentially reschedule the game were going on, infielder Tim Beckham was undergoing an MRI to reveal the severity of a groin injury that will likely land him on the disabled list.