Hanley to miss remainder of Seattle series

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SEATTLE — The Red Sox will be without Hanley Ramirez for at least the final two games of this four-game series in Seattle, as the first baseman heals up following a freak fall on his way back to the clubhouse after Tuesday’s 5-4 loss.

Ramirez suffered an injury to his left wrist when he stumbled going down the dugout steps and then broke his fall.

“I just slipped going down the steps and I don’t know what happened,” said Ramirez, who had the wrist heavily bandaged after Wednesday’s 3-1 loss to the Mariners. ” We did an exam and it’s a lot of soreness, a lot of sore in there. A little better after treatment. I’ll get here early tomorrow and see how I feel. I don’t have that much swelling. It’s just sore all the way around.”

The good news is that an examination performed on Wednesday revealed no structural damage.

“Structurally, he’s sound,” said Red Sox manager John Farrell. “He’s got some soreness in there and he’s day to day. We’d expect it to be a couple of days at least but he went down in here pretty hard last night and he broke his fall by reaching back [on a railing]. We …

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