Nick Punto Runs Around Adrian Beltre In Crazy Baserunning Play During World Series Game 2 (VIDEO)

It took nearly seven innings, but with a little help from second baseman Nick Punto, the St. Louis Cardinals finally got a rally going against Texas Rangers starting pitcher Colby Lewis. After Punto delivered a two-out single to advance David Freese to third, Rangers manager Ron Washington decided to go to his bullpen. Just as in Game 1, hard-throwing reliever Alexi Ogando would be facing pinch-hitter Allen Craig. And, for the second consecutive night, Craig came through with an opposite-field hit to plate a go-ahead run.

And with a little more help from Punto, the inning ended in bizarre fashion. With two outs, Punto on second and Craig on first, Rafael Furcal hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Adrian Beltre. The Rangers' star went to tag Punto, but the second baseman tried to evade him en route to third. On one level, he was successful. After all, Beltre never came close to tagging him. In a more important sense, Punto failed miserably, taking a bad angle and ending up five feet behind third base. Beltre didn't even have to tag him, the third base umpire called Punto out for running out of the base path..

Of course, the play didn't go unnoticed on Twitter.

@gheorghetheblog
Gheorghe The Blog

Nick Punto just ran so far out of the basepath he bumped into the Griswold's in East St Louis #fyomama

October 21, 2011 2:11 am via UberSocial for BlackBerry Reply Retweet Favorite

@JonLarsonAV
Jonathan Larson

You can't stop Nick Punto. You can only hope to contain him. #mlb

October 21, 2011 2:03 am via Twitter for BlackBerry® Reply Retweet Favorite

@JesseSanchezMLB
Jesse Sanchez

Now that was funny. Dont worry if you missed it. Youll see that Punto/Beltre play shown at ballparks for the next 25 years. #StlCards

October 21, 2011 2:11 am via web Reply Retweet Favorite