BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox tried something Friday night that you don’t normally see.

In the second inning with one out and Coco Crisp standing on third base, manager Terry Francona called for a suicide squeeze with Alex Cora at the plate.

Crisp had reached on a walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and stolen third. Francona gave the squeeze sign, Crisp broke for home, but Cora missed the pitch. Crisp was tagged out only a few feet from home plate.

Francona explained that since Crisp did a lot of leg work to get to third, and since Cora is probably the team’s best bunter, the manager felt it was a perfect time to drop one down.

Unfortunately it didn’t work.

"Take note of it because you probably won’t see it again until spring training," said Francona. "Next time you’ll see it is probably in Winter Haven, because it doesn’t work. You just need to stay out of the way and let good players play."