Admit it: After Torii Hunter’s two-run single to tie the game in the 8th inning, you thought the Red Sox were gonna lose that game. And after the Angels led off the 9th inning with a double, you DEFINITELY thought the Angels were going to win and that we’d face the sickening reality of a Game 5 in Anaheim, with the momentum squarely in the Angels favor.

But then a blown suicide squeeze — the 654th lapse in fundamental baseball between the two teams in this four-game series — and just like that, you KNEW the Sox were going to win. The Angels had their chance and blew it.

Frankly, I don’t fault Scioscia’s decision to try the squeeze there. I’ve always thought that play is underutilized in baseball. Perhaps they should have done a safety squeeze, but really, that’s quibbling. The fact is, Aybar has to make contact with the ball. I don’t know what his track record on bunts is, but I highly doubt Scioscia would ask him to do something uncharacteristic in that situation. Besides, the guy’s a slap-hitting shortstop. He must know how to bunt, right?

Apparently not. Or, at least not in that instance.

Man alive, that was some turn of events. And when Varitek dropped the ball, shiva h vishnu, I nearly soiled my loin cloth.

Great to win the series at home. And great for Jon Lester’s amazing start not to be wasted. But now we face the Rays, a team that has made its bones on sound, fundamental baseball this year. The Red Sox need to get sharp before the ALCS.

But for tonight, we drink.