I was pretty surprised when I woke up, looked at the box score and saw that Akin threw only 0.2 innings last night. The O's can't have been counting on a long start from Kremer in his first appearance back so you'd think a couple innings from Akin would have been in the game plan. Looks like Akin threw a solo HR and Hyde freaked out and immediately changed course and burned Webb? Wouldn't it have been nice if Webb had been available for the 7th today and Akin was unavailable?
I have said repeatedly this year that I don't understand the Akin usage, and I still don't. His value is as a bulk reliever and Hyde wants to use him like 2012 Brian Matusz.