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Phillies snap Nationals' eight-game win streak with 8-5 win in nightcap of doubleheader

5. Roark returns to rotation: Since he wasn't needed out of the bullpen in Game 1 of 2 today in Citizens Bank Park, Tanner Roark got the nod in the second half of the traditional doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies.

The 28-year-old, +3.2 fWAR, 15-game winner in 2014, took five turns in the rotation while Doug Fister was on the DL, going (3-0) with a 3.86 ERA, a 5.52 FIP, five walks (1.48 BB/9), 18 Ks (5.34 K/9) and a .239/.276/.453 line in 30 u2153 IP.

"He just doesn't care. If it's an inning he's ready to pitch that inning, if it's three he's ready for that and if it's a start he's ready for that.