Tanner Roark had to be happy to get his first victory over his former team Tuesday night in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 5-1 victory over the Nats.
Roark started his major league career in Washington and had to feel like an overlooked potential ace before being shipped to Cincinnati after the 2018 season for Tanner Rainey, a Tanner-for-Tanner swap. Now he’s a key cog in a team that has moved above .500 and within reach of the American League East lead.
In five innings of work, the 33-year-old right-hander gave up just three hits and struck out five on an assortment of fastballs and sliders, walking none.