a glove story

Seth Smith’s home run-robbing catch for Oakland against Arizona on Friday night was the No. 2 play of the week on MLB Network’s countdown. The former Ole Miss star’s leaping snag of an Aaron Hill drive lost out for No. 1 to a walk-off home run by San Diego’s Logan Forsythe. Smith, who statistically hits better when he is playing the outfield and not DHing, went 3-for-4 with a home run in Friday’s game. He goes into his old stomping grounds, Colorado’s Coors Field, on Tuesday carrying a hot bat. He went 5-for-8 in the Arizona series and is batting .387 over his last 10 games. For the season, Smith is up to .259 with five homers and 17 RBIs. P.S. Mississippi Braves alumnus Matt Young was back in the big leagues for Detroit’s interleague series at Cincinnati and scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning on Sunday night on a wild pitch. Young, who had entered the game as part of a double switch, had reached base by getting hit by a pitch. That’s typical Matt Young.