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Tyler Moore, the former Mississippi State standout, belted a triple and a homer and drove in five runs for Washington on Friday, so far the most eye-opening performance by a Mississippian in spring training. But quite a few other state-connected players have made box score news, starting with Anthony Alford (Petal High/Toronto) scoring a run in his debut on Tuesday. Billy Hamilton (Taylorsville/Cincinnati) homered on Wednesday, T.J. House (Picayune High/Cleveland) threw two perfect innings and Jarrod Dyson (Southwest Mississippi Community College/Kansas City) went 2-for-3 that same day. Thursday: Cliff Lee (Meridian CC/Philadelphia), coming back from injury in 2014, tossed two shutout innings; Cody Satterwhite (Ole Miss/New York Mets) worked a scoreless inning with two strikeouts; Bobby Wahl (UM/Oakland) put up a clean inning; Joey Butler (Gulf Coast CC/Tampa Bay) went 2-for-2 with a homer; Hunter Renfroe (Mississippi State/San Diego) scored a run in his debut; and Tim Anderson (East Central CC/Chicago White Sox) went 1-for-2 but made two errors at shortstop in his. But Thursday’s big highlight came from Bobby Bradley (Harrison Central High), just drafted by Cleveland last June, going 1-for-2 in his first MLB spring game. Had to be a major thrill. Friday: Paul Maholm (MSU/Cincinnati) pitched two shutout innings, as did Kendall Graveman (MSU/Oakland), who started and got the win, and Alex Yarbrough (UM/Los Angeles Angels) went 1-for-2 in his spring debut. So much more to come … .