TAMPA, Fla. -- Puerto Rico needed relief.
So Tampa Bay called upon its bullpen and delivered a save that was too big for any box score.
Rays reliever Xavier Cedeno, bench coach Charlie Montoyo and a handful of Rays officials were part of a humanitarian mission to Ponce, Puerto Rico. When the team-chartered 737 jet left Tampa, it was carrying 2,200 pounds of medical and emergency relief supplies. When it touched down at Tampa International Airport on Wednesday evening, it was carrying Cedeno and Montoyo's family members, a pair of cancer patients and their caregivers and an invaluable biological data bank used for cancer research.