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Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with the ridiculous start Bryce Harper is having to this season.
Only seven players in history have won the National League MVP award in back-to-back seasons and while there is a long way to go this year, Bryce Harper is well on his way to adding his name to that list.

The Washington Nationals slugger crushed his second Grand Slam of the season on Tuesday night in a 7-0 win at Miami and is now hitting .333 with seven home runs and 20 RBI in his first 45 at-bats of the season.

The Nationals scored all seven of their runs in the seventh inning. Harper’s 413-foot home run came off Miami reliever Chris Narveson and it came less than a week after he hit his first Grand Slam of the season against Atlanta.

This is easily the best start to a season in Harper’s young career. His previous best came in 2013, his second season in the big leagues when he was hitting .320 with five home runs and 10 RBI after 13 games.
[Giants fan leaves game in shame after making a huge mistake]
Harper was 22 years, 353 days old on the final day of the regular season last year when he won his first MVP award. He was the third youngest position player to achieve the feat trailing only Johnny Bench and Stan Musial. Neither of those legends repeated as the NL MVP the following year, which means if Harper can sustain this level of play over the course of 162 games, he would be the youngest player in history to win consecutive MVP awards.

There is an ongoing debate in baseball about who the best position player in the game is right now with many picking Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout over Harper. Bu the Nationals young star is making it an increasingly closer call. He hit .330 last season with 42 home runs and 99 RBI and while we don’t expect Harper to keep up this pace all season, all those numbers could be surpassed this year assuming he stays healthy.

It’s going to be fun to watch.
TOP PERFORMERS

Salvador Perez: One of the best hitting catchers in baseball went 2-for-4 with five RBI in Kansas City’s 8-6 win over Detroit. Perez drove in two in the third inning with a double to left field and then hit a three-run homer to left in the fifth inning. He has 10 RBI this season.

Drew Smyly: The Tampa Bay lefty threw eight strong innings allowing only one hit and made a stellar catch in foul territory to earn his first win of the season 3-0 at Boston. He struck out 11 Red Sox and now has 27 strikeouts in 212/3 innings. The game was scoreless after nine innings but Kevin Kiermaier hit a solo home run to start a three-run 10th inning for the Rays.

Mat Latos: The 28-year-old journeyman right-hander signed a $3 million deal with the Chicago White Sox in the offseason and has looked like he’s going to be worth every penny through his first three starts. In fact, Latos has looked as good as any pitcher in baseball the first three times through the rotation. He went 61/3 innings and gave up two runs in the White Sox 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. He has now pitched 181/3 innings this season and has a 0.49 ERA.

Tyler Flowers: After seven seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Flowers enjoyed his first big game with the Braves going 4-for-4 and driving in three runs to lead Atlanta to its fourth win of the season 8-1 over the Dodgers. Flowers hit four singles and drove in one run on three of those hits, including an infield single in the fourth inning.

Jed Lowrie: In the top of the 11th inning, Lowrie belted his fourth hit of the night and later scored the game winning run in the Oakland’s 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees. Lowrie went 4-for-5 in the game with two runs scored and an RBI off his sixth-inning single to right field. Lowrie is hitting .286 to start the season.
[Noah Syndergaard throws so hard he branded his catcher's chest]
MUST-SEE HIGHLIGHT
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Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward has gone 0-for-9 in his return to St. Louis, but he hasn’t let the way he is struggling at the plate affect his defense. He showed why he is considered one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball in the fourth inning Tuesday night when he threw out Matt Holliday who was trying to score from third base. Heyward’s stellar throw to Miguel Montero preserved the Cubs one-run lead and Chicago made it hold up for five more innings winning 2-1. The Cubs will go for the sweep over their division rivals on Wednesday.
THE REST OF THE SCOREBOARD
Brewers 6, Twins 5: Milwaukee gave up a three-run lead in the eighth inning but came back in the ninth to win thanks to RBI single from Scooter Gennett. Reliever Tyler Thornburg gave up two home runs and three runs in the eighth but earned the win thanks to Gennett who drove in Yadiel Rivera.

Indians 3, Mariners 2: Carlos Carrasco allowed one run over 61/3 innings to earn his second win of the season for Cleveland. Seattle starter Wade Miley issued two walks with the bases loaded and didn’t survive the fourth inning.

Blue Jays 4, Orioles 3: Troy Tulowitzki drove in two runs with a third-inning double to left field and Toronto never trailed in winning its third straight. Marcus Stroman earned his third win of the season allowing three runs over seven innings with three strikeouts.

Reds 4, Rockies 3: Billy Hamilton doubled to left field driving in two in Cincinnati’s four-run second inning. Brandon Phillips went 4-for-4 and scored a run as Robert Stephenson earned his second win of the season with seven innings on the mound allowing one earned run.

Mets 11, Phillies 1: Neil Walker hit two of New York’s six home runs on the road at Philadelphia as the Mets pummeled the Phillies. Both of Walker’s blasts were the solo variety. Mets’ starter Logan Verrett didn’t allow a run over six innings and struck out four to earn his first win of the season. Juan Lagares made a stellar catch in the eighth inning in center field possibly robbing Maikel Franco of a home run.

Rangers 7, Astros 5: Six different players drove in a run for the Rangers, including Prince Fielder who hit a two-run home run in the first inning. Derek Holland earned his first win of the season for Texas, despite needing 105 pitches to get through five innings of work. George Springer and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back home runs for Houston in the seventh inning.

Diamondbacks 3, Giants 0: Robbie Ray and three relievers combined to shut out San Francisco. Ray pitched six innings, allowing five hits and striking out eight. Arizona scored all of its runs in the fifth inningJean Segura, Jake Lamb and Paul Goldschmidt each driving in a run.
Padres 5, Pirates 4: Wil Myers, Derek Norris and Adam Rosales each hit home runs and starter Colin Rea pitched five innings and combined with five relievers to beat Pittsburgh. Andrew McCutchen had a chance to tie the game for the Pirates in the eighth inning but grounded into a double play to end the inning.
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