Nine innings were not enough to decide the third game of the ALDS series between the Red Sox and Angels on Sunday night, as L.A. remained alive with a 5-4 win in extra innings. Josh Beckett lasted five innings for Boston, allowing four runs on nine hits. He struck out six batters and walked four on 106 pitches. Joe Saunders pitched 4 2/3 innings for Los Angeles, allowing four runs on five hits. He struck out two and walked four on 95 pitches. The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a bases loaded walk drawn by Juan Rivera, but the Red Sox answered soon after on a three-run single by Jacoby Ellsbury in the bottom of the second. Ellsbury hit a bloop into shallow center that appeared to be playable, but neither Howie Kendrick nor Torii Hunter were able to make the catch. The play would have been an easier one for Hunter, who was storming in from center, but a lack of communication cost Saunders the third out of the inning and gave the Red Sox three runs. Ellsbury would make MLB history on the play, becoming the only person in history to hit a three-run single in postseason play. Mike Napoli came to the rescue for Los Angeles, hitting a two-run home run off Beckett in the top of the third to tie the game, 3-3, after three innings of play. Napoli then struck again, hitting a solo homer off Beckett in the fifth to gave the Angels a 4-3 lead momentarily. In the bottom of the inning though, Kevin Youkilis doubled Ellsbury home to even up the score. The game would remain deadlocked at 4-4 until the twelfth inning. Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez gave up a hit and walked two in the tenth inning, but came away unscathed after getting Jed Lowrie to line out to right field. Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon pitched two full innings, allowing one hit and walking a batter, while striking out three. L.A threatened in the top of the eleventh, after Papelbon walked Mark Teixeira and gave up a single up the middle to Vladimir Guerrero with one out, but Papelbon got Hunter to fly out to right and struck Gary Matthews out looking to end the threat. Boston answered with a threat of their own in the bottom of the eleventh. After Jered Weaver struck Mark Kotsay out, Coco Crisp singled and stole second after Ellsbury was retired on strikes. Dustin Pedroia, who had struggled in the series after dominating pitchers in the regular season, grounded out to third end the inning. Having gone six innings without either team putting a single run on the board, Napoli opened up the twelfth inning with a single to left off Boston's Javier Lopez. Kendrick then bunted down the first base line to move Napoli to second with one out. Erick Aybar then hit a single off the end of the bat into center to score Napoli, giving the Angels a 5-4 lead. Lopez struck out Chone Figgins for the second out, bringing Garret Anderson to the plate. Anderson singled to right, moving Aybar to third with Teixeira on deck. Teixeira, who entered the at-bat hitting .583 in the series, hit a grounder to second that ended the inning. Weaver remained on the mound for the Angels in the bottom of the twelfth, and walked David Ortiz to begin the inning. Youkilis flew out to center for the first out, and Jason Bay promptly struck out for the second. Alex Cora then grounded to third to end the game, forcing a Game Four in Boston on Monday. Sunday night's game, which spilled into Monday morning on the East Coast, lasted 5 hours and 19 minutes, the longest game in ALDS history.