Josh Rogers, by his own admission, was not at his best the last time out before today, when he faced the Pirates on the road in PNC Park, but he did what he could as long as he could, on a day he just didn’t have it (4 1⁄3 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 ER).
“Behind in counts from the get-go out there,” he told reporters after the Nationals’ 6-4 loss in Pittsburgh.
“It was just really unfortunate. Had a good bullpen to warm up and felt awesome going into the game, and sometimes that’s just how it goes, and really competed and grinded there those first two innings, and just was pulling off of everything and just behind in the count.