Red Sox RF Shane Victorino cleared to play after hitting wall in pursuit of home run

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 13, 2013 - 5:19 pm EDT

BOSTON — Shane Victorino has been cleared to play for the Red Sox after crashing into the right field wall.

Victorino ran hard into the low wall at Fenway Park while pursuing a home run by Emilio Bonifacio on Sunday in the Toronto Blue Jays' 12-4 win over Boston.

The Red Sox say Victorino was examined at Massachusetts General Hospital where tests on his ribs were negative. He's been cleared to play in the opener of a three-game road series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Boston was off Monday.

Victorino remained in the game after the two-run homer gave Toronto a 5-0 lead in the fourth inning. He was replaced in the seventh.

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As Toronto Blue Jays, top, watch, Boston Red Sox right fielder Shane Victorino lies on the ground with teammate and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury over him after crashing into the wall while trying to catch a two-run home run by Blue Jays' Emilio Bonifacio during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

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