Josh Rogers held the Atlanta Braves to two hits, two walks, and one run in 5 1⁄3 innings on the mound in Truist Park in his 2022 debut, holding the defending World Series champs in check in an 11-2 win for Washington.
Rogers, 27, didn’t make the Nationals’ 28-man, 2022 Opening Day rotation, but he went out to Triple-A Rochester for a brief stay and then returned when Aníbal Sánchez landed on the IL before making his first start.
Rogers picked up where he left off late last season after he joined the Nationals’ big league rotation in Georgia.