Adam Walker breaking the Chattanooga Lookouts record for home runs in a season would seem a mere formality, but that’s not how power hitters tend to function.
Walker hit his 27th homer Friday night against the Tennessee Smokies, pulling him within one of the 28 that Tim Castro launched in 1992 and Scott Schebler matched last season. Yet that was Walker’s first homer since July 22, easily his longest drought of the season.
“It’s been a little bit of a dry time for me, but I’m still just trying to have quality at-bats and help this team win,” Walker said Sunday as the Lookouts closed a 10-game homestand with an 11-4 win over the Smokies. “I’ve started to feel a little better lately, and I’m just trying to finish strong.”
Walker and the Lookouts were off Monday and open a five-game series tonight in Pensacola.
The 6-foot-4, 235-pounder from Milwaukee is a certainty to win the Southern League home-run title, with Jacksonville’s Matt Juengel currently a distant second with 16. Walker built his commanding lead by collecting six homers in a 12-day stretch in late June.