Carlos Pena

Minor league outfielder Desmond Jennings and pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Alexander Torres have been added to the Tampa Bay Rays' 40-man roster. The team also reinstated first baseman Carlos Pena from the 60-day disabled list on Thursday. He was sidelined most of the final month of the season with two broken fingers on his left hand. Jennings hit a combined .318 with 11 homers, 62 RBIs and 52 stolen bases for Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham this year. The right-handed Hellickson was 9-2 with a 2.45 ERA for Montgomery and Durham. The left-handed Torres was acquired on Aug. 28 as part of the trade ... Read Full Story

The Tampa Bay Rays lost Carlos Pena for the rest of the baseball season when a CC Sabathia pitch hit the slugger on the hand and left him with two broken fingers on Monday. Pena was hurt on an 0-1 pitch in the first inning, when the ball bounced off his left hand before hitting his bat. Officials ruled he had swung at the pitch, and after Pena was examined by trainer Ron Porterfield and manager Joe Maddon for several minutes, he continued his at-bat and swung at a third strike. "It's very discouraging," Maddon said of Pena, who had an American League-leading 39 ... Read Full Story

Scott Kazmir took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena homered on consecutive pitches as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday night. Kazmir (8-7) didn't allow a run until Taylor Teagarden opened the eighth with a homer. The left-hander, who has won four straight starts at home, wound up allowing three runs and five hits over 7 1-3 innings. Zobrist hit a two-run shot and Pena followed with his 32nd homer of the season to put Tampa Bay ahead 5-0 in the fifth. Zobrist has homered in three straight games and has 22 this ... Read Full Story

Carlos and Pamela Pena. (wagrankings.com) Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Carlos Pena and his wife Pamela Pena showed off their goods on the runway, but for a good cause. The two participated in Rays on the Runway, which benefits the Children's Dream Fund. From an article at tambabay.com: With an afternoon win against the Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Rays players were cheerful in the evening, beaming on the runway as they posed for a charity fashion show to benefit the Children's Dream Fund and the Rays Baseball Foundation. Rays on the Runway, presented by Tampa's Nordstrom International Plaza and the Rays Wives, began with ... Read Full Story

Carlos Pena hit his AL-best 38th homer and drove in four runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 11-7 on Monday for a split of their four-game series. Tampa Bay scored six times in the first inning, capped by Pena's two-run drive. James Shields remained unbeaten against Detroit, and Jason Bartlett added a solo homer as the Rays moved within five games of idle Boston in the wild-card race. Tampa Bay hosts the Red Sox on Tuesday night, the start of a three-game series. Tigers starter Jarrod Washburn (9-8) allowed his first six batters to reach base. The last was ... Read Full Story