"Sad day for baseball, I think, and very unfortunate for the Giants," D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. "You hate to see anything like that happen. That moment impacted us as well in this dugout. We were very concerned for him. By no means was there a strategy to making that happen. You don't ever want to throw a pitch in that area. I know Taijuan looked very remorseful and he felt terrible about it. You see the fallout of what happens with him going on the DL, it just adds to the sadness of the moment."
Walker spoke to a couple of Giants players during the game to ask them to let Posey know he was sorry.