Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Walker ya fara kuma ya cika wasu ayyuka na taimako da ke fitowa daga bullpen a matsayin mai kusa, mai tsakiya, kuma mai saitawa. Lokacin da ya fi samun nasara a kididdiga ya zo ne a 1970 tare da Pittsburgh, lokacin da ya gama 15<unk>6 (3<unk>1, sau uku a cikin taimako), yayin da 3.04 ERA,.714 nasara kashi, da kuma 7.1 hits da tara innings duk ranked shi na uku a cikin National League pitchers. Har ila yau, ya harbe wasu 'yan wasa biyu. A waccan shekarar, Pirates sun lashe taken National League ta Gabas don samun damarsu ta farko a bayan kakar wasa tun lokacin da suka lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1960. Duk da haka, Cincinnati Reds sun shafe su a cikin NLCS
Ka yi haƙuri. Walker shi ne mai jefa kwallo a wasa na biyu, ya ba da gudummawa biyu (ɗaya ba a samu ba) a cikin innings bakwai a cikin nasarar Reds 3<unk>1. Bobby Tolan ya zira kwallaye uku na Reds, ciki har da wasan gida a kan Walker a karo na biyar.