The good news for the Washington Nationals is that Tanner Roark didn’t show any ill effects from his 15-strikeout, 121-pitch performance against the Minnesota Twins in his last outing. Roark shutout the Phillies for seven innings and surrendered a meager two hits. The right-hander also fanned six batters and issued only two free passes. He had all of the pitches in his repertoire working to baffle the Phillies’ hitters.
The bad news is that he didn’t receive any run support. This was an ongoing theme for the Nats’ starters in this series, as the offense scored a total of three runs during the three-game series.