Rays back on level terms

It might not be pennant winning form, but the Rays got back to .500 Thursday night with an 11-1 demolition of the LA Angels at Tropicana Field.
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs, and Dioner Navarro homered and had three RBIs as Ervin Santana (1-3) allowed six runs and eight hits over 4 2-3 innings.
Navarro homered to lead off the eighth and Pena followed with his 19th homer of the season off Rich Thompson to make it 11-1. Pena also had a third-inning sacrifice fly.
In the midst of a dismal 3-for-34 slide, Navarro gave Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead on a two-run double during the fourth. Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford then both hit solo homers as Tampa won the final two games of the three-game series.
Rays starter David Price left with one out in the fourth because of a high pitch count (105). The first overall pick in the 2007 amateur draft gave up one run, two hits, six walks and had six strikeouts.
Gabe Gross put the Rays up 1-0 on a run-scoring single in the second. He had another RBI single during a two-run fifth.
Torii Hunter's run-scoring single off Grant Balfour (3-1) got the Angels within 4-1 in the top of the fifth. The inning ended when Bobby Abreu was doubled off second on Vladimir Guerrero's liner to short.
Longoria hit his 14th homer of the season to stop an 0-for-19 slide in the fifth, and Crawford went deep one inning later.
Tropicana Field (30 games) and the new Yankee Stadium (29 games) are the only major league stadiums to have at least one homer hit in every game this season. Just glad we were able to keep that record going...