Cleveland victory stalls Boston's playoff push

BOSTON: The Boston Red Sox were unable to clinch a post-season berth when they lost 4-3 to the streaking Cleveland Indians on Monday, the defeat also dropping them 2 1/2 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.

The Indians won their seventh straight game behind six solid innings from rookie starter Zach Jackson and stopped the defending World Series champion from securing a fifth post-season berth in the past six seasons.

"We've been keeping the focus on ourselves," Cleveland manager Eric Wedge told reporters. "We just want to finish strong and have a good feeling about how this season ended."