CHICAGO — Detroit third baseman Miguel Cabrera left Monday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox in the fifth inning with a sore left hip flexor.

Cabrera appeared to slow up when he was scoring on a two-run single by Victor Martinez. He came out to play third base in the bottom of the inning, however, and seemed fine before leaving the field with trainer Kevin Rand after Paul Konerko’s one-out fly out to right field.