Kubel leaves game with a sprained left foot

Twins leading hitter is listed as day-to-day.

May 30, 2011 at 8:06PM

DETROIT -- Twins right fielder Jason Kubel left Monday's game in the seventh inning with a sprained left foot and is listed as day-to-day.

X-rays taken at Comerica Park were negative.

Kubel went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the game and is now batting .310 with five homers and a team-leading 30 RBI. He jumped toward the right-field wall, when Victor Martinez hit a two-run, game-tying homer for Detroit in the sixth inning, and it's possible Kubel twisted his foot on the way down.

Jason Repko pinch hit for Kubel, leading off the seventh inning, and replaced him in right field.

I'll have updates on Kubel and Francisco Liriano after the game.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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