Walker (4-6) gave up only four hits and an earned run over 6.1 innings in Thursday's 5-3 victory over the Orioles. He struck out five.
His foot issue was not a problem as he cooled off one of baseball's hotter teams with a highly efficient performance, one that saw him throw only 84 pitches over his six-plus innings. The 23-year-old has now tamed three dangerous offenses in his last four trips to the mound, as he'd shut out the Red Sox over five frames back on June 19, and did the same over eight innings to the Indians on June 8. Thursday, Walker managed to get 57 of his offerings across the strike zone, and notched first-pitch strikes on 14 of 22 hitters as well. He'll try to keep his momentum going when he takes on the Astros next Tuesday.