Red Sox top Indians 4-1

CLEVELAND (AP) — Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched eight shutout innings and pushed his scoreless streak to 15 in Cleveland, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-1 win over the Indians on Monday night.

Matsuzaka (5-2) gave up four hits — all singles — to continue a remarkable run by Boston’s starters on the road. In the club’s last nine games outside Fenway Park, the Red Sox rotation is 8-0 with a 0.70 ERA.

He walked two, struck out five and allowed only two runners to reach second before he was replaced to start the ninth by reliever Daniel Bard, who gave up a leadoff homer to Austin Kearns.

Marcus Scutaro hit three doubles and scored twice as the Red Sox improved to 9-2 on the road since May 18.

Boston made the most of its five hits off Fausto Carmona (4-5) in six innings.

Full story appears in Tuesday’s edition of The Vindicator.