Tanner Roark took one for the team against the Boston Red Sox earlier this week, giving up 10 hits and nine earned runs in a seven-inning, 98-pitch outing in the nation’s capital which spared the Washington Nationals’ beleaguered bullpen. It also left him winless in five starts, over which he had a 7.57 ERA and a .336/.408/.558 line against in 27 1⁄3 IP.
Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez talked after the loss to the Sox about what he saw from Roark as he tried to get it together on the mound.