BOSTON – The Red Sox dodged bullets all night, but the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had one more left in the chamber.And now, the Angels n laughingstock of baseball for the past four days n could have the last, and best, belly laugh yet.Los Angeles pulled out a gut-check 5-4 win over the Red Sox in Game 3 of their ALDS series, which means that the teams will be back at tonight (8:37) at Fenway, with John Lackey going for the Angels and Jon Lester for the Sox.An Angels win sends the series back to Anaheim, while the Red Sox can move on into the American League Championship Series with a win.In the end, this was a game of attrition as much as anything else. Each team went through six pitchers as neither starter was particularly effective. Josh Beckett, who last year dominated the post-season as the Red Sox rolled to the World Series championship, struggled from the get-go and left after five, having given up five runs on nine hits and four walks. innings?I thought they really made him work,” said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. “He was on the stretch from the beginning. His command wasn?t what it can be,, or what it will be.”Angels starter Joe Saunders was better ? but he had horrible luck. He gave up three runs in the second inning on a popup that fell between three fielders that could have buried the Angels for good. The bases were loaded at the time, and all three runs scored, giving the Sox a 3-1 lead after two innings.But this time, the Angels answered. Catcher Mike Napoli hit the first of his two homers in the top of the third n a two-run job that tied the score.?I hope, in a month, that we?re talking about that home run as a turning point in our season,” said Angels manager Mike Scioscia.Napoli hit another home run that put the Angels ahead. But the final verse played itself out in the top of the 12th inning after the Red Sox had exhausted all the heavy hitters in their bullpen and inserted lefty Javier Lopez into the game.Lopez followed sterling performances from Manny Delcarmon, Hideki Okajima, Justin Masterson and Jonathan Papelbon. He was the last reliever left in the bullpen, and the Red Sox were warming up Paul Byrd if Lopez faltered.Lopez started off in the hole immediately, and once again, it was Napoli in the middle of it. After Lopez had him down 0-2, Napoli poked a single into left field between third and short.Howie Kendrick laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, and Lopez got ahead of the No. 9 hitter, Erick Aybar, who hadn?t had a hit in the series. But he managed to get a hole of an 0-2 breaking pitch and blooped it into center, with Napoli scoring go-head run.David Ortiz worked Jared Weaver n the sixth pitcher for the Angels n for a leadoff walk. But Weaver got Kevin Youkilis to fly out to center on a 3-2 pitch; caught Jason Bay looking; and got Alex Cora to ground out to third to record the win.?We dodged a lot of bullets,” Francona said, referring to the two times the Angels left the bases loaded in the early innings, “but we couldn?t dodge one more.”The loss was also frustrating for the Red Sox in that they had chances to win the game in the 10th and 11th innings, but couldn?t get the big hit. They loaded the bases in the 10th with two outs, but Jed Lowrie lined to right. And the 11th, Coco Crisp singled and stole second, but Dustin Pedroia, who is also hitless in the series (and is currently in his coldest stretch at the place since late May), hit a hot smash to third that Chone Figgins gloved, and Figgins got him by about a step.?This game rested on a heartbeat for a long time,” noted Scioscia. “Thankfully we were able to get it done when we did.”The game took 5:19, and it was often bizarre, ponderous and sloppy.Beckett walked in the first run in the top of the first inning n and early indication that all was not right with him.But the second inning was very strange to say the least. It was something out of a Stephen King novel for Saunders as the Red Sox scored three runs take a 3-1 lead. He got the fi