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Catcher Ryan Hanigan out until July after hand surgery

Catcher Ryan Hanigan walked off the field Friday after suffering a displaced fracture of his fifth metacarpal on his right hand.Elise Amendola/Associated Press

The Red Sox are hopeful catcher Ryan Hanigan can return to the team in late July following surgery on his fractured right hand on Saturday.

Hanigan had surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital to repair a displaced fracture of his fifth metacarpal. The injury occurred during Friday night’s game against the Yankees when a pitch from Tommy Layne hit Mark Teixeira and was deflected into Hanigan’s little finger.

Dr. Thomas Graham, a hand specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, reviewed Hanigan’s X-rays and MRI results before Dr. Matthew Leibman performed the surgery.

The Red Sox offered few other details about the surgery. Manager John Farrell said “some pins” were inserted into the fracture.

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“It’s only going to be a lengthy recovery time,” Farrell said. “Wouldn’t anticipate him back before the All-Star break.”

General manager Ben Cherington said the hope was for Hanigan to return in July. The team called up 23-year-old Blake Swihart from Triple A Pawtucket. He batted ninth and was 1 for 3 with a walk in a 4-2 loss against the Yankees.

Hanigan was struck on his right hand by foul balls on April 17 and 18 and said at the time he needed to better protect that hand by keeping it behind him as he caught the ball, something most catchers do.

“I’ve always used that hand to try and keep the ball in front of me,” Hanigan said at the time. “I need to be more careful.”

Yankees not paying

The Yankees do not intend to pay Alex Rodriguez a $6 million bonus for tying Willie Mays with 660 career home runs.

As part of a contract agreed to in 2007, Rodriguez could be paid up top $30 million for marketing purposes for every home run milestone he reaches. GM Brian Cashman believes it’s the team’s option to do that, not a commitment.

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“We have the right, but not the obligation to do something, and that’s it,” Cashman said. “We’re going to follow the contract as we follow all contracts, so there is no dispute, from our perspective.”

Under MLB rules, the Yankees have two weeks to declare their intentions. Rodriguez would then have 30 days to appeal. If no agreement were reached, an arbiter would rule on the case.

The Yankees presumably will contend that Rodriguez’s accomplishments are tainted by his suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs and not marketable.

As for the baseball Rodriguez hit on Friday night, 25-year-old Mike Shuster of Warwick, R.I., is holding it hostage. Shuster caught the ball after it cleared the wall in left field and refused to exchange it for other items or autographs.

As of Saturday, Yankees officials said Shuster had not agreed to return the ball and they do not expect him to.

Meanwhile, Rodriguez reached a lesser milestone. His single in the eighth inning gave him 2,957 hits. That moved him past Wee Willie Keeler into 31st all-time.

Sandoval banged up

Left fielder Hanley Ramirez’s easygoing play in left field nearly got third baseman Pablo Sandoval injured in the third inning.

With a runner on second, Brett Gardner went the other way with a Wade Miley pitch, slicing it down the line in left. Ramirez was slow to retrieve the ball and Gardner tried for third base.

The relay came into shortstop Xander Bogaerts and he flipped the ball to Sandoval in time to tag Gardner. But Gardner’s headfirst slide carried his shoulder into Sandoval’s right shin and he went down.

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Yankees third base coach Joe Espada checked on Sandoval before Farrell came out of the dugout accompanied by a trainer. Miley, Bogaerts, and even Ramirez joined the group.

Sandoval stayed in the game and picked up two more hits, raising his average to .329. He had a bag of ice on his ankle after the game.

“It’s fine,” Sandoval said. “His shoulder got me, but I wasn’t coming out.”

Finding the fences

The Sox have hit at least one home run in eight straight games. Dustin Pedroia’s home run in the fourth inning was his fifth of the season. He had seven all last year . . . David Ortiz (2 or 4) has reached base safely in 27 consecutive home games against the Yankees . . . Mookie Betts has a five-game RBI streak, the longest for a Red Sox leadoff hitter since Darren Lewis went five games in 1998 . . . The Yankees have won four consecutive series at Fenway Park, going 8-3 in those games . . . The Sox are 8-19 against AL East foes . . . Farrell said first baseman Mike Napoli is the emergency catcher. He last caught in 2012. “We’re trying to stay away from that,” the manager said . . . NESN analyst Jerry Remy missed his second consecutive game because of illness. Dennis Eckersley filled in again . . . Ramirez has 10 extra-base hits, all home runs. According to Elias Sports, he’s the first player to do that to start a season since Mark McGwire in 1990. “I don’t have any doubles?” a disbelieving Ramirez said. “That will change.” . . . At 23, Blake Swihart was the youngest starting catcher for the Red Sox since 22-year-old Rich Gedman in 1982. Swihart was given No. 23, last worn by infielder Brandon Snyder in 2013. Notable No. 23s over the years include Luis Tiant, “Oil CanBoyd, and Tom Brunansky . . . Outside of Ramirez, the Sox fielders all sported high socks for the game. It was like watching a game from the 1970s . . . Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower attended the game, his first at Fenway . . . The Red Sox players were invited to watch the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao title fight at Ortiz’s home.

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