Then David Ross jumps on me on the first pitch and gets a base hit.

Atlanta had runners at first and second with one out, with the Cardinals leading, 6-3. Andrelton Simmons came to the plate.

Boggs: He was a right-hander, and those were the guys I wanted to face. My only thought process was, “Just get another ground ball, get a double play.” At that point, it’s just about getting out of the inning as quickly as possible.

When he popped it up, I was thrilled because in my mind that is a routine out. In the big leagues, when a ball like that goes up in the air, that is an out because you’re talking about the best in the world at what they do. Pop-ups are outs. In my mind, there’s two outs in the bottom of the eighth, let’s get the next guy and go to the ninth.

Dan Uggla, Atlanta second baseman: I checked where Matt Holliday was playing in left, and that’s a tough ball for any shortstop to get. It’s a complete in-betweener.

I had a feeling it was going to drop when it went up.

Boggs: It never popped into my mind that it wasn’t going to be caught.

Fredi Gonzalez, Braves manager: The ball goes up in the air, and I see the shortstop going back and going back and going back, and it dropped like 10 feet from Matt Holliday, and the umpire called the infield fly rule.