UF alum LaPorta leaves Indians’ game with strained left hip

<p>CLEVELAND — The Indians say Matt LaPorta strained his left hip and is day to day after leaving the fourth inning of Cleveland's game against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.</p><p>LaPorta hit a routine fly ball to left and held his left hip as he jogged to first base on the final out of the inning. Indians trainer Lonnie Soloff went out to check on the first baseman, who walked off the field and was replaced at first by Andy Marte.</p><p>Television replays showed LaPorta grabbing his hip while taking a pitch earlier during his at-bat. LaPorta had arthroscopic surgery on the hip Oct. 14.</p><p>Marte moved from third base to first, Luis Valbuena switched from second to third, and Jason Donald entered the game at second.</p><p>LaPorta was 0 for 4 before leaving. He had two home runs and five RBIs in his previous three games.</p><p>LaPorta, a star at the University of Florida, is hitting .234 with nine homers and 34 RBIs.</p>