Tanner Roark tinkered with some changes to his delivery in Spring Training, but abandoned them in favor of back-to-basics approach in his first start.
The results were positive.
In seven innings on the mound in Atlanta in his 2018 debut, the 31-year-old righty held the Braves’ hitters to one run on four hits, walking one, and striking out six in a 93-pitch effort that earned him his first win of the season.
Roark said he turned to rotation mates Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer for advice on his delivery and applied what they suggested in a simulated game before the outing.