X-rays negative on Trevor Story, Matt Strahm after both suffered hand injuries Tuesday night

BOSTON -- The Red Sox got some good news on Wednesday. X-rays were negative on both Trevor Story and Matt Strahm, both of whom suffered hand injuries in Tuesday night's loss to the Rays.

Update: Story is out of the Boston lineup Wednesday night, and Alex Cora hopes he'll be back for this weekend's series against the Yankees.

Story had to leave Tuesday night's 3-2 defeat in St. Petersburg in the fifth inning when he made an awkward swing at a Corey Kluber sinker. Instead of hitting the ball with his bat, he hit it with the top of his hand.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Boston's team trainer tended to Story as he crouched down in obvious pain, and after a few minutes, he was taken out and replaced by Jeter Downs. Story was diagnosed with a right hand contusion and underwent X-rays after the game. 

Losing Story would have been a big blow to the Boston offense, but it appears they've avoided the worst-case scenario. The second baseman is hitting just .222 but has clubbed 15 homers while driving in a team-high 58 runs this season.

Strahm got hurt in the sixth when Taylor Walls roped a line drive up the middle, hitting Strahm on the left wrist. Strahm momentarily shook it off, picking up the ball and firing it to first. But his throw was errant and the Rays scored a run off the error, and things got much worse for the Sox when Franchy Cordero made his own bad throw home, allowing the Rays to score another run. That was the difference in Boston's 3-2 loss.

Strahm was immediately taken out of the game and diagnosed with a left wrist contusion. 

But X-rays came back negative on both players, according to Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe, so it doesn't sound like either Story or Strahm will be joining the 11 Red Sox players who are already on the IL.