▁la ughing ." ▁Where ▁Of fer man ▁was ▁station ed ▁made ▁little ▁difference ▁as ▁Tim ▁Wal lach ▁hom ered ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁pitch ▁from ▁Martínez ▁for ▁two ▁runs . ▁True ▁to ▁his ▁word , ▁when ▁the ▁Ex pos ▁assumed ▁the ▁field ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁in ning , ▁Walker ▁gave ▁Nap ier ▁a ▁signed ▁ball , ▁indu cing ▁a ▁standing ▁ov ation . ▁ ▁From ▁June ▁ 1 ▁forward , ▁Montreal ▁transformed ▁into ▁the ▁dominant ▁club ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁League , ▁going ▁ 4 6 − 1 8 ▁until ▁the ▁players ' ▁strike ▁halt ed ▁the ▁season ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 1 . ▁In ▁turn , ▁they ▁produced ▁the ▁most ▁successful ▁season ▁in ▁franch ise ▁history ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁winning ▁percentage ▁(. 6 4 9 ) ▁as ▁they ▁att ained ▁a ▁major ▁league ▁best ▁ 7 4 − 4 0 ▁record . ▁Walker ▁was ▁susp ended ▁four ▁games ▁starting ▁June ▁ 2 4 ▁for ▁inc iting ▁a ▁ben ch - clear ing ▁b raw l ▁by ▁charg ing ▁the ▁m ound ▁in ▁a ▁game ▁against ▁Pitts burgh . ▁He ▁pac ed ▁for ▁new ▁levels ▁production ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁a ▁shoulder ▁injury ▁in ▁late ▁June ▁that ▁conf ined ▁him ▁to ▁first ▁base ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁He ▁easily ▁acceler ated ▁past ▁his ▁previous ▁career ▁high s ▁set ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁with ▁a ▁. 3 2 2 ▁batt ing ▁average , ▁. 3 9 4 ▁O B P , ▁and ▁. 5 8 7 ▁SL G