Red Sox beat Angels in 9th, to meet Rays on Saturday night.

The biggest play in last night's 3-2 win for Boston, or maybe non-play, was the missed suicide squeeze in the ninth by Aybar. He has been a good bunter all season long, but wiffed on the attempt, which let catcher Varitek make the out of pinch runner Willits. So instead of being ahead, 3-2, Anaheim had two outs and no one on.

Of course, in the bottom of the inning rookie Jed Lowrie singled home Jason Bay with the winning and series clinching run. Good thing the Sox are not on their way to a deciding Game 5 back on the West coast.

It's time to think about Tampa Bay, but the decision to not only squeeze, but suicide squeeze is discussed in detail on the fantastic site Sons of Sam Horn. I believe that if it had worked, that Scioscia would be hailed as a genius. The fact that it didn't work does not make it bad strategy. The beauty of baseball lies partly in the fact that absolutely no one knows what is going to happen next.