BOSTON -- For a while, Red Sox rookie Travis Shaw was simply trying to stay afloat. Now, the first baseman is peaking at exactly the right moment.
In what has become a nightly event, Shaw continued his week-long romp at Fenway Park on Thursday night, smacking two hits and drawing a bases-loaded walk in the 4-1 win over the Royals. The performance marked Shaw's fifth multi-hit effort in seven games since the team returned from its last road trip.
The 25-year-old Shaw is batting .500 and slugging .967 with four home runs and two doubles over that scorching stretch -- one so good that catcher Ryan Hanigan felt compelled to tell reporters that Shaw deserved another interview.