Game 86 Recap/Weekend Preview

KCR – 000 304 010 – 8 – 13 – 1BOS – 301 000 010 – 6 – 10 – 1The Sox continued to give away games against lesser teams after blowing a 4-0 lead and dropping an 8-6 decision to the lowly Royals. After marching through a series of first place teams like Sherman through the South the Sox have faced down the Orioles, Mariners, Athletics and now Royals and are a disappointing 5-5 in that stretch. What makes this so exasperating is that the Sox gave away big leads a couple of times in that stretch.- Brad Penny struggled tonight from the start. What was most frustrating was his inability to put people away as he got to two strikes on 13 separate hitters but retired just 7 out of the 13, a .461 OBP.- The bullpen was the goat once again though. Delcarmen got it rolling allowing a double to Teahen. After two soft bouncers to Youkilis he looked like he was getting out of it. With the Sox playing Callaspo the other way his crisply hit grounder up the first base line squeezed into right for...