MINNEAPOLIS — Detroit catcher Dane Sardinha left the game against Minnesota on Thursday with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

After Minnesota's Joe Mauer grounded into a fielder's choice for the second out of the inning, a team trainer and Tigers manager Jim Leyland came out of the dugout to check on Sardinha, a former Kamehameha Schools athlete.

The trainer appeared to be examining Sardinha's right hand, but no immediate injury update was available.

Gerald Laird replaced Sardinha, who was 0 for 3 at the plate.