Cleveland Indians first baseman Matt LaPorta is out of the lineup for Monday night's game with the Chicago White Sox because of a strained left hip. LaPorta was injured while batting in the fourth inning Sunday against Kansas City. He said he heard a cracking or popping in his hip. It's the same hip he had surgery on last October.

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As the herd of reporters and camera crews streamed into Chicago's clubhouse and headed toward manager Ozzie Guillen's tiny office, one of the White Sox coaches wondered if the team's newest player had arrived during extra innings. "Is Manny here?" he asked. Not yet. He's on the way, though.

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Bruce Chen and Kila Ka'aihue stayed aggressive, and the Kansas City Royals kept ahead of Cleveland in their race to escape last place. Ka'aihue hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning to help Chen and the Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 Sunday. Manager Ned Yost got his 500th career win in the majors.

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Manny Ramirez is on his way to the Chicago White Sox, according to multiple media reports. MLB Network's Peter Gammons reports (via Twitter) that the Dodgers have confirmed to him that Ramirez is going to Chicago, and Los Angeles television station KCBS reports Ramirez told his teammates on the Dodgers' plane ride from Denver to L.A. that he had been traded . USA Today's Bob Nightengale reports (via Twitter) the Dodgers are deciding whether to accept third base prospect Jon Gilmore in a trade .

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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. 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…

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Asdrubal Cabrera pointed to his wife in the stands as he watched his first game-ending home run sail over the wall. Cabrera led off the bottom of the 10th inning with his third homer of the year to give the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. "It felt really good because I can't remember ever hitting a home run to win a game," said Cabrera, who…

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The news that Stephen Strasburg likely will need Tommy John surgery was unsettling. But while the procedure…

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Chris Gimenez was happy to help the Cleveland Indians win, delighted to get a career-high four RBIs and ecstatic to put his batting average over .200 The seldom-used backup catcher had two hits including one of Cleveland's trio of three-run homers to beat the Kansas City Royals 15-4 Friday night.

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Now that the 66-year-old Lou Piniella has stepped down as the manager of the Chicago Cubs, the team is looking…

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Matt LaPorta, Justin Masterson and the young Cleveland Indians are learning dogged determination can get the job done. LaPorta hit a go-ahead two-run homer to help Masterson (5-12) win for only the second time in 10 starts as Cleveland broke a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night.

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