BOSTON—Torii Hunter was ready to relax.

The Angels had just broken an 11-game postseason losing streak to the Red Sox dating back to 1986 and he needed to calm down off after his two mistakes had nudged his team closer to elimination.

“I need to get a massage and rubdown,” Hunter said after 5 hours, 19 minutes of what came close to being the final countdown to the end of his season.

“I was tense. I can feel it in my body. Guys were making pitches and I was jumping around in the outfield like I was in high school.”

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