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There is speculation out there that Tyler Moore may be back in Washington soon. The former Northwest Rankin High, Meridian Community College and Mississippi State standout has been raking at Triple-A Syracuse of late. He was named the International League player of the week for last week and is currently hitting .312 with eight home runs and 38 RBIs in 36 games. In sporadic play with the Nationals this season, he batted just .151 with three homers. Washington’s season has skidded off the rails, and the Nats brass might want to see what Moore can do with regular at-bats. … Meridian CC product Corey Dickerson, now with Colorado, swatted his second homer on Thursday. Keep an eye on him. … Former Ole Miss star Alex Presley has six hits, three runs and two RBIs since returning to Pittsburgh late last month. He is batting .281 in 26 games overall for the Pirates, who have hit the 70-win plateau and moved 4 games ahead of second-place St. Louis in the National League Central. … Cleveland’s playoff hopes took a serious hit this week when the Indians were swept in four games at home by Detroit, the first-place team in the American League Central. The Indians are now 7 games behind. No one felt worse about this development than Mickey Callaway, the former Ole Miss pitcher who is in his first campaign as the Tribe’s pitching coach. Cleveland’s pitching has been fairly solid this season, but against Detroit, the Indians suffered a blown save on Monday, saw their ace (Justin Masterson) get roughed up on Tuesday, dropped a 6-5 game in 14 innings on Wednesday and were mashed 10-3 on Thursday. … Ex-Rebels standout Chris Coghlan, on the disabled list (calf injury) with Miami since June, is expected to begin some rehab work soon in the low minors. Reports say Coghlan, the NL rookie of the year in 2009 as an outfielder, could return to The Show in September as a third baseman. … Starkville native Julio Borbon was outrighted to Triple-A Iowa by the Chicago Cubs earlier this week.