On a night where the odds seemed against them beforehand, Tanner Roark gave the Washington Nationals a chance. A bounce-back quality start for the right-hander wasn’t enough to best Aaron Nola and the Phillies.
Roark put in six innings of hard-fought baseball, allowing seven hits, two runs, only one of which was earned. But after allowing home runs in his previous five starts, he didn’t give up a long ball in this one. That kept the score low with so many baserunners.
Leaving the game with just a one-run deficit, and the ever-shaky Phillies bullpen on tap, the Nats had a chance.