hot & not

It’s safe to assume Zack Cozart isn’t getting questions anymore about his surgically repaired knee. It appears to be fine. As the calendar flips from April to May, the former Ole Miss star sits among the major league leaders with a .361 average. He also has a couple of homers and nine RBIs for Cincinnati. Also hot in the season’s opening month were UM product Seth Smith (.298, four homers, 10 RBIs), McComb native Jarrod Dyson (.303, four steals in only 10 games) and former Mississippi State standout Jonathan Papelbon (eight saves in nine chances). Somewhere in the temperate zone: State alum Mitch Moreland is at .257 with three homers and 11 RBIs; ex-Ole Miss standout Drew Pomeranz is 2-2 with a 2.86 ERA; Greenwood native Louis Coleman has posted a 3.60 ERA; and ex-State standout Kendall Graveman is 1-2 with a 4.03. On the not-so-hot chart, there’s a crowd that includes Taylorsville’s Billy Hamilton (.218, four steals), Meridian Community College product Corey Dickerson (.214 with five homers), ex-Southern Miss star Brian Dozier (.191 with three homers), Itawamba CC’s Desmond Jennings (.183), Ole Miss alum Chris Coghlan (.155 with four homers) and Gulf Coast CC product Tony Sipp (5.40 ERA).