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Zack Cozart didn’t want to dwell on his 0-for-11 start to this season. “But you’re going to think about it,” the former Ole Miss standout and current Cincinnati Reds shortstop told mlb.com. Cozart has something else to think about now – he hit two home runs and picked up a career-best five RBIs on Friday as the Reds crushed Washington 15-0. … Southern Miss product Brian Dozier, also off to a sluggish start, went 2-for-4 for Minnesota and drove in three runs, his first RBIs of the year. … Still looking for a hit is ex-Mississippi State star Mitch Moreland, who is 0-for-13 for Texas. Moreland won the Rangers’ first-base job with a great spring, but he might be feeling some heat now. P.S. There can’t be a player in Mississippi having a better year than Tim Anderson of East Central Community College. The sophomore shortstop, a UAB signee, was named NJCAA player of the week on Thursday and is batting .495 with 20 RBIs and 25 steals in 31 games. The Warriors, tied for first in MACJC South with Jones County (both 9-3), play big doubleheaders today at Pearl River (8-4 South) and at home against JCJC next Tuesday.