Josh Rogers gave up four of seven hits, one of four walks, and all three runs he allowed on the road in Great American Ball Park on the final road trip of 2021 in the fifth inning, which ended being his final inning of work.
Trying to bounce back from that outing tonight, the left-hander tossed five scoreless in the series opener with the Boston Red Sox in D.C., but things fell apart in the sixth with leadoff and one-out singles for the Sox, then back-to-back home runs, a three-run blast and solo HR on consecutive pitches that were enough for the visiting to take the first of three, 4-2 final.