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Pain has been a recurring theme for Mississippians in the big leagues this season. The latest “ouch” was uttered by Nettleton’s Bill Hall, who was spiked on a play at second base Thursday night and required stitches to close the deep cut. He may miss a few days for San Francisco. Chris Coghlan, who went on the disabled list with a knee injury (and avoided a demotion to the minors) last month, was expected to begin a rehab assignment this weekend and rejoin Florida after the All-Star break. Roy Oswalt is on the DL for the second time with back trouble and may not pitch again for Philadelphia until August (if then). Matt Maloney is on Cincinnati’s extended disabled list with an oblique injury. Fred Lewis started the season, his first with the Reds, on the DL, and Jarrett Hoffpaiur also was hurt in the spring and was shipped to the minors by San Diego when he was activated. Marcus Thames has had a rough first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, going on the DL with one injury and doing little but pinch hitting since suffering another. Julio Borbon went on the DL for Texas, lost his center field job and is now in the minors.
P.S. Props to: Ole Miss alumnus Zack Cozart, who got his first hit in his debut with the Reds on Thursday; Eli Whiteside, the Delta State product who homered (his third) in the Giants’ win; Pascagoula native Tony Sipp, who cherry-picked a win (his fourth in five decisions) when Travis Hafner hit a walk-off grand slam for Cleveland; and former Mississippi Braves closer Craig Kimbrel, who notched his 27th save, a record for a rookie before the All-Star break. Ex-Mississippi State star Jonathan Papelbon held the old record.