"I gotta give it up to the bullpen," Walker said afterward. "They really came in and picked me up big-time and got the job done." More >
Both starting pitchers extended themselves beyond their usual pitch count Tuesday night.
"Everybody's pitch count was up," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said with a laugh. "It was a pitch count up day, I guess."
Walker needed 117 pitches to navigate through 4 2/3 innings, one shy of his career-high mark.