setbacks

Tampa Bay figures to miss Desmond Jennings, the ex-Itawamba Community College star who has gone to the disabled list with a broken finger. Jennings, the Rays’ center fielder and leadoff batter, is hitting .258 with 11 homers, 40 RBIs, 17 stolen bases and 69 runs in 104 games. He was injured while sliding on Saturday. He’ll be out at least 15 days at a time when the Rays are in hot pursuit of first-place Boston in the American League East, with third-place Baltimore breathing down their necks. In other injury news, Weir High and Holmes CC alum Roy Oswalt had a setback (cramp) in a simulated game on Saturday and his return to Colorado’s rotation is on hold. Oswalt, 0-4 with a 7.64 ERA for the Rockies, injured his left hamstring on July 7 and went on the DL. P.S. Props to former Mississippi Braves pitcher Brett Oberholtzer, who has thrown 14 scoreless innings in his two starts for Houston. He beat Boston on Monday.