Ryan Walker shares how he stayed ‘calm' to close out Giants' win vs. Dodgers
Pitcher Ryan Walker joins "Giants Postgame Live" after San Francisco's 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night at Oracle Park.
Ryan Walker shares how he stayed 'calm' to close out Giants' win vs. Dodgers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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That's right, doing my job for me.
Thanks so much, George.
We say hello now to Ryan Walker after closing out what was an impressive win.
Ryan, thanks so much for taking the time.
Appreciate you joining us.
Kylan Mills here.
Your second save of the season, maybe one of the biggest of your career, as you help this Giants team take down the Dodgers.
I could hear the crowd at Oracle Park chanting, "Beat LA," as you approach that final out, you get the big K. What's going through your mind in that type of at bat when you're going to work?
I mean, when it's loud like that, all I can do is make sure I got my breathing correct, stay calm, make sure I can make that next pitch.
You don't want that to, to take you overboard and make you do more than you need to have, than you have to do.
So I just stay calm out there with breathwork.
Woo.
Oh, God.
We'll give you a minute there.
It looks like you got a little bit lucky with how much less Gatorade was in there than normal.
Man, that was a first for me.
I've First experience, so that was, that was cold.
That's cold.
All right.
Well, we'll take it.
You'll, you'll let it slide right after a Dodgers win.
Yeah.
Well, Mike, Mike Krukow, to end that game, said, "That's a big league sa- league save right there."
Mm-hmm.
You went through a one, two, three inning, two punch outs.
Your Giants bullpen has been the best ERA bullpen in the big league since April 6th.
What has been the difference for you guys since then?
You know, as a bullpen, we just have been growing closer together.
and we've really just been picking each other up in all situations.
you know, we make sure we hang out outside the field and, and keep a, keep a bond, and that really carries into the game.
So, that's helped us out a lot, and we've been able to get the job done for each other.
Hey, Walker, Sergio Romo talking here.
I w- I noticed that you've been showing a little bit more emotion, your- previous outings, and that's something that has really intrigued me and something that I've been really happy to see myself.
Tonight, it seemed like that emotion was trying to win that battle pitch by pitch.
Tell me about the mindset that you had going into that ninth.
Yeah, I mean, again, this off-season, I put a ton of work into my mental, mental strength and breathing, and for these moments.
so going out there, again, I just handled my breathwork, I handled my mind.
And even though we got 3-2, didn't let it shake me.
And like you said, just move on from the next pitch and make your next one.
And, that's what we did today and it succeeded.
Well, Ryan, thank you so much for the time.
We'll let you go dry off, my friend.
But congrats on the win.
Okay.
Yeah.
Thank you, guys.
