Sox lose 8-6

Brad Penny has been consistently decent this season but last night he was awful. He gave up five runs in the first inning to one of the worst hitting teams in baseball and also threw 37 pitches in the inning. Penny went 5 innings giving up seven runs on seven hits and he also walked four in the loss. He gave up two home runs including a home run to the first batter of the game Adam Kennedy.

Mike Lowell looked good last night hitting a home run in the first and hitting in five runs. Kevin Youkilis needs a couple of days off he went 0-4 with four strikeouts and has really been struggling lately. Francona should give him today off because it's a day game and then give him tomorrow off also.

Don't blame David Ortiz for not getting a hit in the bottom of the 8th with two runners on. Ortiz this season is awful against lefties and he also has not been a very good pinch hitter in his career. If you want to blame the loss on anyone besides Brad Penny you can blame it that the Red Sox had two on with nobody out in the 9th inning they only squeezed out one run and ended up losing 8-6.

The Red Sox should trade for Victor Martinez. I am convinced that the Red Sox need a bat. They should trade Clay Bucholz and Lars Anderson for Victor Marinez. I am not convinced that Bucholz is a superstar in the making he hasn't pitched well in the major leagues for a long period of time. Lars Anderson I also don't believe is that great of a player he is batting .271 and only has 8 home runs and 48 rbi's. Prospects are meant to be traded away Theo Epstein should stop cherishing all of his prospects and trade them for either Roy Halladay or Victor Martinez.