After Gio Gonzalez and the Washington Nationals dropped the first game of a three-game set in San Francisco, Tanner Roark was tasked with evening up the series. Unfortunately, his outing was similar to Gonzalez’s from the night before, as was the ultimate result.
Roark was solid in the middle-innings, but they were bookended by struggles. It took him 32 pitches to get out of the first, an inning in which he allowed a run on two hits and a walk. The hits and walk were bad, but the lone run scored on a wild pitch, capping a poor start to his night.