The 2009 season comes to a close

Sooner or later it was going to happen, but no one in Boston thought it'd happen in this fashion.

Up 5-1 at one point in the game, things looked pretty secure for the Boston Red Sox with hopes for a Game 4 alive.

The bats finally woke up highlighted by a Dustin Pedroia double and J.D. Drew two-run shot.

Clay Buchholz did what he needed to do and put in five quality innings despite the solo homer to Kendry Morales.

Daniel Bard dazzled as he pitched for two full innings and didn't allow a hit while striking out two.

But then it all unraveled in the top of the eighth. 

Terry Francona decided to go to his closer in Jonathan Papelbon to get the four-out save. It proved to be a disaster of a mistake from the first pitch that was thrown.

Billy Wagner was charged with two runs and it was a ball game again as the Angels were within a run, then 5-4.

Papelbon was coming in with an earned run average of 0.00 lifetime in his post-season career.

That ended in the ninth as the final score read 7-6 Angels.

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