In the top of the 13th, the St. Louis Cardinals’ burly Chris Duncan was at second base with one out and the score tied at 3-3.

Adam Kennedy smacked a hard single to right field off Boston Red Sox reliever Javier Lopez. J.D. Drew put a hard charge on the ball, fielded it cleanly and threw a one-hop strike to catch Jason Varitek.

Duncan, meanwhile, was waved around by third-base coach Jose Oquendo, even though Duncan is no speedster.

The ball beat Duncan by several steps, which was a good thing for Varitek because the 6-foot-5, 230-pound Duncan had only one chance to score, and that was to run over the Red Sox captain and knock the ball from his grasp.