CLEVELAND (AP) — The streaky Boston Red Sox should have known better.
Once they let Justin Masterson get on a roll, they couldn’t stop him.
The Red Sox failed to take advantage of early wildness by Cleveland’s starter, who settled in and blanked them for seven innings in leading the Indians to a 3-2 win, ending Boston’s seven-game winning streak on Monday night.
Masterson (3-4) walked four in the first three innings, but threw 25 consecutive strikes in one stretch and won for the first time in five starts.
He allowed just three singles, struck out a season-high 10 and retired 12 of his last 13 batters.
Lonnie Chisenhall hit a two-run single in the first off John Lackey (6-4), and the Indians won their fourth straight.
Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer in the Boston eighth off Bryan Shaw to bring the Red Sox to 3-2. But left-hander Marc Rzepczynski retired David Ortiz for the final out in the inning, and Cody Allen worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save.
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