"Torii Hunter glanced at the television in the Angels clubhouse Saturday afternoon and noticed the New York Yankees leading the Boston Red Sox by eight runs after three innings.

"The Sox are trying to give [it] to us, man," Hunter said, marveling at Boston's spectacular collapse and the American League wild-card window that has opened. "We'll take it."

The Angels, led by the hungry Hunter, who is 35 and desperate to play in his first World Series, finally looked as if they wanted it Saturday night."