Matt Holliday give-ith and then he take-ith away.

There are certainly games I can think of that was decided in the waning moments by a fluke. The last one that comes to mind was the on June 12th of this year when the Mets lost on the final play of the game as Luis Castillo dropped A-Rod’s routine pop-up. Remember that one? Catch it Louie… Catch It… CATCH IT! – Oh Louie…

There have been play-off games decided by flukes too but most of them had to do with fan interference, Jeffrey Maier in 1996 and Steve Bartman in 2003, but never have I seen a fluke alter the outcome of a playoff game the way this one did.

Holiday had opened the scoring in the game in the top of the second with a HR to left field. But with the game on the line and the final out in his grasp, the unthinkable happened…..

Holiday obviously lost the ball in the bank of lights behind first base. Lost in the madness was an absolute gem pitched by Adam Wainwright. Wainwright went 8 innings giving up only 3 hits, 1 walk and 1 run.

"It's tough to swallow. Obviously, I feel terrible. But I just missed the ball. It hit my stomach. I think I can catch a ball hit right at me."

With CY Young candidates Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright already have thrown and the Cardinals down 2-0 you would have to think that this one is all but over. But yesterday’s game was over too. It’s not over until they play all the games and get all the outs.

We make fun of Yogi for saying, "It aint over till it’s over” but he is smarter then we give him credit for.

I’ve seen a lot of baseball in my career, but this was one of the oddest occurrences I’ve ever witnessed. - Josh Bolan

Josh Bolan is a retired AP baseball reporter and now works as a freelance writer in Fresno California. Josh has been contributing to baseball publications as a writer since 1996.

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