Lo Duca leaves games with injured jaw

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Paul Lo Duca left in the third inning of Monday night's game against Houston with a sprained jaw after he was hit in the face by a foul tip.\nThe ball came off Jeff Kent's bat and struck the base of Lo Duca's mask, knocking it off his head and causing a brief delay while assistant trainer Matt Wilson and manager Jim Tracy checked on him. The same thing happened Saturday night, after a foul tip by Colorado's Preston Wilson struck Lo Duca in the same spot.\nLo Duca, who finished the 5-0 victory against the Rockies, was replaced behind the plate this time by David Ross after flying out to center field in the bottom of the third. He was taken to a hospital for precautionary X-rays.\nLo Duca, who played in his first All-Star game this season, is hitting .283 with seven homers and 46 RBIs in 127 games.\nThe incident happened two pitches after Lo Duca short-hopped a throw from right fielder Shawn Green and had the ball kicked out of his glove by Craig Biggio -- resulting in a pair of unearned runs for the Astros.