Tanner Roark gave up his first earned runs of the Spring this afternoon in what ended up a 4-3 loss loss the St. Louis Cardinals in West Palm Beach, FL’s FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
Washington’s Nationals rallied to tie it up at 3-3 in the seventh, but Shawn Kelley took over on the mound in the eighth and gave up a leadoff home run by Paul DeJong, which ended up being the game-winner.
Roark = Bona fide/Modified: Tanner Roark hasn’t gone “full Strasburg” and started to pitch exclusively out of the stretch, but the 31-year-old right-hander has altered his mechanics some this Spring looking for a more consistent arm slot.