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Red Sox bats cooled off in 8-2 loss to Indians

BOSTON — Travis Shaw stayed hot, but the rest of the Boston Red Sox could not.

The rookie infielder slugged a third-inning home run and drove in another run with a single in the ninth, but that was all the offense Boston could muster in an 8-2 loss to Danny Salazar and the Cleveland Indians.

The Red Sox scored 45 runs on 60 hits in their previous three games against Seattle.

"He's hitting some quality pitching," Red Sox interim manager Torey Lovullo said of Shaw. "He hit a great pitch tonight for a long home run.