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CLEVELAND — José Ramírez homered in the eighth and Tyler Freeman and Bryan Rocchio had RBIs in the seventh when Cleveland finally scored against Boston's Tanner Houck as the Guardians kept up their scorching start with a 4-1 win over the Red Sox. Houck pitched a three-hit shutout against the Guardians last week. He held them scoreless for six more innings before Freeman hit a run-scoring single and Rocchio added a sacrifice fly off reliever Brennan Bernardino. Ramírez hit an opposite-field homer in the eighth inning against reliever Cam Booser for his fourth homer. The Guardians won their fifth straight to improve baseball's best record to 17-6, matching the club's best start through 23 games. Cleveland was also 17-6 in 1999 and 1966.
