mississippi 6-pack

Six Mississippi natives had a hand in five big wins in the big leagues on Wednesday. Start in Arizona, where Nettleton’s Bill Hall went 2-for-4 with an RBI and New Albany’s Eli Whiteside 1-for-3 (a triple) with an RBI as division leader San Francisco beat the second-place Diamondbacks 5-2 to extend its lead in the National League West to 2 1/2 games. At Colorado, Jackson’s Seth Smith went 1-for-4 with an RBI double in a 5-run sixth inning to help the third-place Rockies (6 games out) keep pace with the Giants by beating San Diego 6-3. At Los Angeles, Hattiesburg native Fred Lewis was 2-for-3 with two RBIs as Cincinnati completed a sweep of the Dodgers with a 7-2 win and stayed 2 1/2 games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central. At Detroit, Pascagoula product Tony Sipp registered his 13th hold by getting two outs in the eighth inning of a 6-4 win for Cleveland, which moved back into a first-place tie with the Tigers in the American League Central. At Minnesota, McComb’s Matt Tolbert, starting again at second base, didn’t get a hit but still contributed in the surging Twins’ third straight victory, a 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.
P.S. Minnesota has activated infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka from the DL and will install him at shortstop, with Alexi Casilla moving to second. Matt Tolbert, hitting only .193, will go back to a true utility role, which he handles well. Tupelo native Dusty Hughes was sent to the minors when Nishioka was activated.