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Miguel Cabrera exits game with sore left hip flexor

Hernan Perez, Miguel Cabrera

Detroit Tigers’ Hernan Perez, left, greets a grimacing Miguel Cabrera at home after the pair scored on a single by Victor Martinez, off a pitch by Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale, during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, July 22, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Miguel Cabrera made an early exit from tonight’s game against the White Sox due to a sore left hip flexor, reports Chris Iott of MLive.com. He’ll be re-evaluated tomorrow, but will likely be listed day-to-day.

Cabrera appeared to tweak something after he scored on a Victor Martinez single in the top of the fifth inning. He stayed in the game initially, but walked gingerly off the field after he failed to make a play at third base on a grounder off the bat of Adam Dunn in the bottom of the frame.

One year after winning baseball’s first triple crown since 1967, Cabrera is batting .358/.454/.666 with 31 home runs and 96 RBI in 97 games this season. The Tigers entered play tonight with a slim 1 1/2 game lead over the Indians in the American League Central, so they are surely crossing their fingers that the injury turns out to be minor.