Brad Penny News

The Red Sox have been leaning heavily on their bullpen all season, perhaps a little too heavily.

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Red Sox starter Brad Penny had another strong start Saturday, but he was hurt by the Red Sox's lack of offense.

Penny notched his ninth quality start but came away with a no-decision in yesterday's 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners in an Independence Day matinee at Fenway Park [ map ] . Penny gave up six hits over six innings and allowed two earned runs with one walk and six strikeouts.

Boston Red Sox Brad Penny Record: 6-3 ERA: 4.79 Innings: 82.2 Strikeouts: 55 Walks: 27 Seattle Mariners Garrett Olson Record: 3-2 ERA: 4.81 Innings: 48.2 Strikeouts: 26 Walks: 14 Going to be a good matchup.

Sunshine finally made more than just a cameo appearance over Fenway Park yesterday, but a dark cloud seemed to hang over the Red Sox.

The Dodgers have struggled to score runs over the last month but kept winning. That's a sign that their real strength is pitching, not Manny Ramirez and the lineup around him.

The Boston Red Sox will try to return to the win column when they host the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at Fenway Park.

The Boston Red Sox, 2-1 losers to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon, have won their last six series but in four of those last six series they had a chance to sweep only to fall in the last of the three game set.

When Brad Penny finished throwing a pitch to Kelly Johnson , the second batter he faced in yesterday's 2-1 loss to the Braves, the Red Sox starter grabbed his right hand.

It used to be Tim Wakefield [ stats ] who played the role of the Tough Luck Kid on the Red Sox [ team stats ] . He'd flutter an evening's worth of quality knuckleballs at the opposition and place himself on the precipice of victory .

Rookie Tommy Hanson threw six scoreless innings despite a bout with the flu, and homers by Chipper Jones and Garret Anderson carried the Atlanta Braves past Boston 2-1 on Sunday, preventing a Red Sox sweep.

Jon Lester hopes to continue his mastery of the Baltimore Orioles this evening, as the Boston Red Sox open a three-game series at Camden Yards.

Garret Anderson's solo homer and six strong innings from Tommy Hanson led Atlanta past Boston, 2-1, in the finale of a three-game interleague set from Turner Field.

Pitcher Tommy Hanson #73 of the Atlanta Braves throws during an exhibition game against Panama at Champion Stadium March 3, 2009 in Kissimmee, Florida.

The resurgence of Brad Penny started being noticed the night of June 11, when the big right-hander fired six shutout innings against the Yankees.

With a four-game cushion in the division and the anticipation of John Smoltz's debut on Thursday night, the Red Sox open a nine-game road trip tonight against the lowly Washington Nationals.

He could pitch like the Hall of Famer he will one day become or he could pitch like you'd expect a 42-year-old coming off shoulder surgery to pitch.

Brad Penny is not Roger Clemens circa 1986 or Pedro Martinez circa 1999. He is, however, a valuable chip, one the Red Sox would be wise to keep, at least for the time being.

Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury each had three RBI and the Boston Red Sox pounded out 17 hits to beat the Washington Nationals, 11-3. Ellsbury had two triples and Bay hit his 19th homer of the season in the win.