NEW YORK -- Tampa Bay slugger
Carlos Pena broke two fingers when he was hit by a
CC Sabathia pitch in the opener of Monday's day-night doubleheader against the Yankees.
Pena was hurt on an 0-1 offering in the first inning of a 4-1 loss, with the ball hitting his left hand and then his bat.
"I knew when the ball hit me it was going to be bad," he said. "You don't take a 95 mph fastball on the finger and live to tell about it -- or the finger live to tell about it."
Pena broke the middle and index fingers. He will return to Florida on Tuesday and meet with the Rays medical staff before a determination is made whether he needs surgery.