Wilmington's Roark has successful debut
Wilmington native Tanner Roark made his Major League Baseball debut in fine fashion, throwing two scoreless frames for Washington in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to Atlanta.
Relieving Nationals starter Jordan Zimmerman in the fifth inning, Roark needed just nine pitchers to retire Brian McCann (fly out), Chris Johnson (ground ball to short) and Dan Uggla (grounder to second).
Roark gave up a leadoff single to start the sixth inning to B.J. Upton before sawing off Andrelton Simmon's bat to force a pop out for the first out of the inning. Braves pitcher Kris Medlen attempted to sacrifice on his at bat, but popped up the bunt attempt. Roark made a diving catch on the bunt attempt and then flipped the ball to Adam LaRoche to complete the double play as Upton was running on the bunt attempt.
Roark was pinch hit for by Roger Bernadina in the bottom half of the sixth inning.
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