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Despite a sinus problem that was affecting his stomach, Brad Penny had one of his best outings with the Red Sox. Aside from a Michael Cuddyer three-run homer, Penny was spotless. The right-hander gave up just the three runs on 6 hits while striking out 7 in 5 1/3 innings of work. “He handled it really well, and I actually thought he threw well even if he wasn’t sick,” Terry Francona told the AP. “But you add on that— that’s pretty good.” Penny has benefited from 58 runs of support in his starts (an average of 6.4 each), and run his record to 5-1 with the win on Monday.
Jonathan Papelbon’s recent struggles continued. He notched his 12th save, but gave up a two run homer before doing so. Papelbon has been working some new mechanics and a slider into his outings, which may have caused some of the recent consistency issues as he is adjusting.
With Toronto losing again, the Red Sox are at the top of AL East, with the New York Yankees just one game behind.
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