don’t look now

The Colorado Rockies, famous for their recent late-season surges, may be making another. And Seth Smith, the ex-Ole Miss standout from Jackson, is supplying some of the power. The Rockies won their fourth straight game on Tuesday night, with the aid of a 478-foot home run by Smith. According to the Denver Post, that’s the longest of Smith’s career and just missed making the top 10 all-time at Coors Field. Smith hit a 458-foot bomb in a win on Sunday. He’s at 15 homers and 54 RBIs for the year — his career-highs are 17 and 55 — and has seven homers in August. His average is up to .287. While National League West front-runners Arizona and San Francisco have been scuffling, Colorado has won six of 10 and climbed within 8 1/2 games of first place.

P.S. Props to former Mississippi Braves closer Craig Kimbrel for matching the rookie record with his 40th save on Tuesday night. It’s going to be very interesting to see whether Kimbrel or fellow former M-Braves star Freddie Freeman takes the NL rookie of the year honor.