Salvador Perez leaves with hip injury

By Jeff Lippman

May 20, 2013 at 6:14 pm ET • 1 min read

The Royals said catcher Salvador Perez left Monday's game at Houston due to discomfort in his right hip, the Kansas City Star reports.

Perez was injured after slamming into the post near the Houston dugout going after a pop foul in the fifth inning. He was replaced by George Kottaras.

Perez went 1 for 3 with a run scored before leaving and is batting .308 on the year.