Washington Nationals’ starter Tanner Roark out to prove doubters wrong... again

Talking to MASN’s Johnny Holliday and Ray Knight after his outing against Philadelphia last week in D.C., Tanner Roark chalked his first half struggles up to thinking too much and not just trusting his stuff.

“I’ve been feeling pretty good with my two-seamer as of late, in the second-half, and having it move a little more and trusting it a little more...” - Tanner Roark on recent improvements“Just got to trust that’s it’s going to be there and that’s what I’ve been working on the second half,” Roark said. “Just going out there and be confident in myself and my stuff and go right and attack them.”

His two-seamer, in particular, was a pitch Roark said he was still working to trust, with…