BOSTON, Mass. -- When manager Manny Acta moved rookie second baseman Jason Kipnis into the No.2 spot in the lineup on Saturday, he said was trying to find a spark to re-ignite an offense with a dead battery.

Well, the battery is still dead, but Kipnis is trying his best to recharge it.

The left-handed hitting Kipnis, starting Sunday against Kansas City, has homered in four straight games from the No. 2 spot. Here's the breakdown:

-Sunday: Kipnis hits solo homer in fifth inning of 5-3 loss to Royals.

-Monday: Kipnis hits solo homer in ninth inning of 9-6 win over Red Sox.

-Tuesday: Kipnis hits solo homer in first inning of 3-2 loss to Red Sox.

-Wednesday: Kipnis hits solo homer in the fourth inning of 4-3 loss to Red Sox.

As you may guessed, this does not happen every day. Here's what Elias Sports Bureau says about Kipnis' homer streak.

-Last Indians rookie to homer in four straight games: Al Rosen in June of 1950. Rosen and Kipnis are the only rookies to do it in club history.

-Kipnis is the first player in major-league history to homer in four consecutive games within two weeks of his debut.

-Kipnis is the first Indians second baseman in franchise history to homer in four straight games.

-The last Indian to homer in four straight games was Travis Hafner from Aug. 2 through Aug. 5, 2006.

-The last Indian with homers in five straight games was Travis Hafner in September of 2006. Hafner homered in six straight during that streak.

-The last rookie to homer in four straight games was Pittsburgh's Garrett Jones in July of 2009.

-The last big-league second baseman to do it was Philadelphia's Chase Utley is April 0 2010.

-Kipnis' fourth homer in as many games came in his 10th career game. The last player to do that was Minnesota's Graig Nettles, who homered in four straight games within his first 10 big-league games of his career.

Kipnis seems as surprised as anybody that this is going on.

"It's nothing I would have predicted. It's nothing I would have guessed would happen," he said after Wednesday's homer. "I'm starting to come down on the ball more and take better swings at better pitches in better counts. It's all just a product of that.

"But as enjoyable as these are, they don't mean too much if we don't get a W."

Kipnis made his big-league debut on July 21. His first big-league hit and RBI came on July 25, a game-winning, walkoff single in a 3-2 victory over the Angels.

He's been working hard to control the adrenaline kick that comes from playing in the big leagues for the first time.

"Facing the Angels pitching staff and now playing at Fenway in front of sold out crowds, there's not too much of a better introduction to the big leagues," said Kipnis. "I think I've done a good job of slowing the game down in my head and not trying to do too much."

Acta sees the same thing.

"Jason is loose now," he said. "The first week has gone by he's in a pretty good groove at the plate. It's always good when kids come up to the big leagues that they have success at the beginning. That way no pressure mounts on them.

"Right now, I like to see him at the plate."

Tonight's lineups:

Indians (54-54): CF Ezequiel Carrera (L), 2B Jason Kipnis (L), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (S), DH Travis Hafner (L), C Carlos Santana (S), RF Kosuke Fukudome (L), 1B Matt LaPorta (R), 3B Lonnie Chisenhall (L), LF Austin Kearns (R), 3B Jason Donald (R), RHP Justin Masterson (8-7, 2.56).

Red Sox (68-42): CF Jacoby Ellsbury (L), 2B Dustin Pedroia (R), 1B Adrian Gonzalez (L), 3B Kevin Youkilis (R), DH David Ortiz (L), LF Carl Crawford (L), RF Josh Reddick (L), C Jason Varitek (S), RF Josh Reddick (L), SS Marco Scutaro (R), LHP Erik Bedard (4-7, 3.45).

Him vs. me: Crawford is 4-for-12 with two homers and four RBI against Masterson. Cabrera is 3-for-6 with a homer against Bedard.

Lefty-righty: Lefties ar ehitting .284 (91-for-320) with three homers and righties are hitting .187 (45-for-241) with one homer against Masterson. Boston has five lefties and opne switch-hitter in the lineup.

Lefties are hitting .239 (22-for-92) with three homers and righties are hitting .221 (55-for-249) eighth homers against Bedard. The Indians have four lefties and two switch-hitters in the lineup.

Quote of the day: "I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet," Hall of Famer Carl Yasztremski, who played his whole career with the Red Sox.

Next: Indians open three-game series against Texas on Friday with Ubaldo Jimenez making his Tribe debut against Ohio-born lefty Derek Holland (10-4, 4.14) at 8:05 p.m. at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. STO/WTAM-1100 will carry the game.