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Louis Coleman’s ERA skyrocketed on Friday night. All the way to 0.40. Coleman, the former Pillow Academy star, gave up a home run in Kansas City’s 11-10 loss to Washington; it was the first run the sidearming right-hander had allowed all season. He had worked 21 straight scoreless innings before Jayson Werth took him deep in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. For his MLB career, all with the Royals, Coleman has a 2.77 ERA in 133 innings. The Greenwood native and LSU alum was one of three Mississippi-born players who participated in Friday’s game, a matchup of two teams whose playoff aspirations have gone “poof.” Natchez native and ex-Southwest Mississippi Community College standout Jarrod Dyson stole a base (No. 23) and scored a run as a pinch runner for KC, which lost its sixth straight. One really has to wonder if Royals manager Ned Yost, the old Jackson Mets catcher, will be back next season. Brandon native and former Northwest Rankin/Meridian CC/Mississippi State star Tyler Moore went 3-for-5 for Washington and boosted his average to .203. Even with the win, the Nationals are 13 games behind Atlanta in the National League East. We already know that this is ex-JaxMets skipper Davey Johnson’s last season at the Washington helm. P.S. Former State star Mitch Moreland belted his 18th homer (as a pinch hitter) to help Texas beat the Chicago White Sox 11-5 and opened up a 3½-game lead on Oakland in the American League West. … If or when Freddy Garcia joins the Atlanta rotation, he would be the sixth former Jackson General to play for the Braves. The list: Shane Reynolds, Daryle Ward, Tom Martin, Billy Wagner and Julio Lugo. Garcia, who has 155 big league victories, was acquired from Baltimore on Friday. Just 3-5, 5.77 with the Orioles, the 36-year-old Garcia was 8-3, 2.84 at Triple-A Norfolk.