Rays SS Wander Franco out 5-8 weeks for hand surgery

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will have surgery Tuesday to repair the fractured hamate bone in his right hand.

He was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday and will be sidelined for five to eight weeks.

The injury occurred in the first inning of Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds when Franco fouled off a 101-mph pitch by right-hander Hunter Greene.

Franco, 21, is batting .260 with five home runs and