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Matt Tolbert is making the most of his opportunity to play for Minnesota as the Twins try to fend off Chicago in the American League Central. The former Ole Miss star, filling in at third base for injured Danny Valencia, had a career-high five RBIs and two triples on Saturday, drove in another run on Monday and rapped an RBI triple on Tuesday. The Twins won all those games. He also made a diving stop Tuesday that was included in the top plays of the day by both ESPN and MLB Network. Tolbert, born in McComb, is a product of little Centreville Academy in Woodville. He played four years at Ole Miss and was a 16th round pick by the Twins in 2004. It took him four years to reach the big leagues. He hasn’t been a star, but the 6-foot, 185-pound switch-hitter has held his own, batting .249 in 147 career games. And with the Twins, September is meaningful, this year and almost every year it seems. As Tolbert told the St. Paul Pioneer Press, “(E)verything counts out there, every play, situation, whatever it might be.” Sounds like fun.