Inside Pitch - Jonathan Papelbon

Brad Penny has won only one game in his last ten starts he takes the ball tonight isn't the Herb Chambers Mercedes-Benz pregame show. Overall this season but he sits at 77 when -- 522 earned run average in his last ten outings he's gone one and five with a ERA over five and a half. Is only start against the Yankees with a win if you shut him down for a six innings at Fenway back in June. 37 year old lefthander Andy Pettitte takes the ball forty York. And it's not in six with a 409. ERA he shut out the Red Sox for seven innings in New York for the victory. Over its last six starts he's pitched to an ERA of 204. But is just a one and one record to show for it. Time now for the inside pitch which is brought -- you by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to learn more about Harvard Pilgrim Health Care visit Harvard pilgrim not lower. Here's Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. With jokers -- Leo.

My Jonathan we know what the standings say with a wild card and the division. But this of course is a very big series in day is going to be very mean opposed ballclub in many ways that you think. I think there's little bit of redemption that we're currency here from from the last year reason. I think. Were commenting contact with a very good. Health the ballclub. You know they've they've been able to. You know our guys healthy and in all of them seem like -- on all cylinders as a team and and he can do that. You're going to be good so we have to find a way to stifle move. What do you sense about this club by in the Toronto series that perhaps it can be an omen. You know I think for us we're starting to click on all cylinders you know pitching in Indy -- and hitting is. You know start and start come together you know I think everything. In this last series has shown us that. Muirhead and good direction so law on a gas forced to keep him in the direction Yankee move forward in. Don't eventually got out there. One at a time to the season though. He didn't give much of a chance to pitch in this series in the yard -- they are two or three times that's a good sign this weekend that yeah hopefully hopefully -- and get in there in. You know put forth my efforts to go out there and preserve ball games for wins and I know if I can get in there and we and we can do you know at least when it's there series I think it'll come hopefully. Turn things are now that you always had a lot of respect for room Mariano. And he continues to do it is that surprising even as somebody yet. Who's in the same business and he did and they Hewitt and enthusiasm -- And at every All-Star game film. Commonalities. That and he's he's town well keep plane -- better. I don't know he's. Pretty much a freak of nature ethnic. Health he had these -- 39 years awful than it's one pitch well although sometimes he does Nixon that high fastball to yeah idea but you know wrong with that one pitch in. The specialty of that pitches as. Handed -- the in the draw a lot of slack recently is that by design yeah well you know I think last I had a had a lot of Luther a lot of sliders. Couple more as good as liked to liked him to a man. I think this is determined the hitter you know for me whether I'm going to. That pitcher or non. And receive a little sluggish in Toronto reservists stuffy and at the moment I don't think even with the heat -- here that'll be a problem Maine I think for me off days are always tough. To have but you'd you'd. He loved them because it day that special lofted but for me. Always come back after -- Romo is movements lower and longer. John wishing the best the good luck this weekend and the rest of the season -- major things.

John thank you thank you Joe. Some -- of Red Sox radio receiving gift certificate from -- your restaurant and bar located at 415 Hanover street in the North End and now open it. -- eleven Mount Vernon street in Winchester as well. What jump around a Major League -- this is their Herb Chambers Mercedes-Benz pregame show on WRKO Red Sox radio network.