D-backs tie MLB record for consecutive games with 11 or more strikeouts

May 2, 2017, 7:54 PM | Updated: May 3, 2017, 11:00 am

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Taijuan Walker throws during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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BY ARIZONA SPORTS

Despite a rocky performance from starter Taijuan Walker, the Diamondbacks pitching staff matched the MLB record with the team’s eighth consecutive game of 11 or more strikeouts in its 6-3 win over the Nationals on Tuesday.

It ties the record set by the Indians in September 2014.

Walker lasted just 4.2 innings and needed 117 pitches to get there. He allowed five hits and three runs, all earned, but also had five walks and six strikeouts.

Reliever T.J. McFarland went 1.1 innings and added one more strikeout, J.J. Hoover added two more Ks in the seventh inning and Jorge De La Rosa added one in the eighth.

Embattled closer Fernando Rodney made the 11th strikeout for the first out of the ninth frame.

Arizona entered the game Tuesday leading MLB with 252 strikeouts on the season.

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Chris Herrmann (10) celebrates his two-run home run with Brandon Drury (27) during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper watches from the dugout before the team's baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman, right, slides home to score against Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Herrmann during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Arizona Diamondbacks' A.J. Pollock (11) is safe at second on a pick-off attempt as Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy (20) holds the ball during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Tanner Roark throws during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Fernando Rodney gestures at the end of the team's baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. The Diamondbacks won 6-3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Brandon Drury ducks from a pitch during the eighth inning of the team's baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Washington. The Diamondbacks won 6-3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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