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Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. The Chicago White Sox might be much better than anyone anticipated. Even doubters of the team's early success had to be impressed with the club's comeback win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. [ Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now ] Things didn't look great early, as the Blue Jays offense went to work against Miguel Gonzalez. By the time the third inning had ended, the White Sox trailed 5-1.  For a while, things looked bleak, but the team came together for a huge rally in the seventh. After giving up two singles and a walk to load the bases in the inning, Jays starter Marcus Stroman was removed from the contest. With two outs, Adam Eaton slapped a single up the middle, scoring two runs. Jimmy Rollins would follow that up with a single, making it a 5-4 game. Sox slugger Jose Abreu then walked, loading the bases once again. At that point, new acquisition Todd Frazier delivered. Frazier clubbed a two-run double off the wall in left, giving the White Sox the lead. The team managed to pick up another run in the ninth, running the score to 7-5. David Robertson entered in the bottom of the frame to shut down Toronto, but things didn't go all that smooth. After picking up a quick out, Robertson allowed Jose Bautista to double to center. Edwin Encarnacion grounded out, putting the Sox one out away from a victory, but Robertson walked Troy Tulowitzki to bring the possible go-ahead run to the plate. With two outs, outfielder Michael Saunders hit a slow ground ball to second that took a high hop on the infield grass. Tulowitzki attempted to slow down to avoid the ball, but mis-timed the play. He was hit on the arm as the ball bounced off the grass. The bizarre play gave the White Sox a win after a crazy game. With the victory, the team is now 14-6 on the season. TOP PERFORMERS Albert Pujols: After a slow start to open the year, Albert Pujols finally showed some signs of life Monday against the Kansas City Royals. In his second at-bat of the contest, Pujols drilled a solo home run to center field off Ian Kennedy. That hit gave him 564 home runs in his career, passing Reggie Jackson. He added to that in the fifth, clubbing another solo shot off Kennedy. Pujols finished 2-for-4, with three runs scored and two RBI during the 6-1 victory. Chris Archer: This is the Chris Archer we all know and love. Archer dominated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, tossing 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball. He allowed just five hits during the outing and struck out 10. Archer did not walk a batter in the 2-0 win. After getting off to a rough start to begin the season, this must have been a sigh of relief for the Tampa Bay Rays. [Elsewhere: Mike Trout is the Angels new meteorologist ] Miguel Cabrera: Speaking of slow starts, it looks like Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera will be just fine as well. The 33-year-old smashed two home runs during Monday's game against the Oakland Athletics. The first came in the first inning, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead. The second came in the fifth, and plated three more runs. The A's attempted a late comeback, but couldn't overcome the early offensive outburst by Miggy in the 7-3 win. Taijuan Walker: The Seattle Mariners sit atop the American League West and Taijuan Walker is to blame. Walker had an excellent start against the Houston Astros on Monday. Walker gave up one run on six hits over seven innings. He issued just one walk and struck out 11 during the 3-2 win. MUST-SEE HIGHLIGHT Oswaldo Arcia has done it again. Just a few days after lifting the Minnesota Twins to a walk-off victory over the Los Angeles Angels, Arcia replicated the feat against the Cleveland Indians. Instead of settling for a single, this time he sent the ball way out of the park. With the contest tied 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth, Arcia sent a 93 mph fastball out to right off Zach McAllister for the walk-off home run. THE SCOREBOARD Red Sox 1, Braves 0: Rick Porcello turned in a scoreless performance over 6 2/3 innings while Jackie Bradley Jr.'s homer was enough to get the job done for Boston. Mets 5, Reds 3: The Reds managed a late comeback in the seventh, but a Neil Walker two-run shot in the bottom of the frame proved to be the difference for New York. Yankees 3, Rangers 1: Nathan Eovaldi carried a no-hitter into the seventh before Nomar Mazara broke it up. He still managed to turn in a scoreless performance over seven innings, striking out six. Pirates 6, Rockies 1: Jeff Locke tossed six shutout innings while Matt Joyce smacked a home run in the seventh inning to give the Pirates the win. Diamondbacks 12, Cardinals 7: The Diamondbacks scored an amazing nine runs in the sixth inning to complete the comeback, and pick up a big win over St. Louis. Marlins 3, Dodgers 2: Giancarlo Stanton homered and doubled during the contest, but it was Derek Dietrich who drove in the eventual game-winning run for Miami. Giants 5, Padres 4: The Padres nearly pulled off a late rally, but Santiago Casilla managed to shut them down for the four out save. More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports: The StewPod: A baseball podcast by Yahoo Sports Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS feed - - - - - - - Chris Cwik is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at christophercwik@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Chris_Cwik Continue to Article

April 26, 2016 2:59:am EST

Mike Pelfrey's three seasons in Minnesota were painful, but they never came with the diminutive levels of run support with which he's been welcomed in Detroit. The right-hander makes his fourth start Tuesday night at home against the Oakland Athletics, and the Tigers have yet to score with him on the mound. Pelfrey (0-3, 3.68 ERA) received 11 runs Aug. 12 in a win over Texas while with the Twins but has gone 0-7 since with a 5.54 ERA and nine runs of support in 50 1/3 innings over 11 starts, including 14 2/3 without a run from the Tigers (9-9). Continue to Article

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