ST. LOUIS -- Throughout it all -- cold and windy conditions, his manager ejected and a benches-clearing incident -- D-backs right-hander Taijuan Walker continued to pound the strike zone and record out after out.
Though he didn't get the win, he certainly deserved a great deal of credit for the D-backs' 4-1 win over the Cardinals on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium.
"I just went out there and attacked," Walker said. "That's kind of been my mindset coming into the season: Just go out there and attack with the fastball and get ahead, sprinkle my off-speed pitches in there, and just try to make them put the ball in play.