ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Albert Pujols left the Los Angeles Angels' 8-1 win Monday night over the Mariners with a cramp in his left hamstring that he developed while running out a bases-clearing double.
Pujols left in the third inning after his three-run drive down the left-field line.
Pujols wrote off the cramp to dehydration on another hot day in Orange County, and he expects to play Tuesday.
"I knew right away it was a cramp,'' Pujols told reporters. "It has been really hot the last couple of days and you can put as much fluids in your body as you can, but at the end of the day, you can't ignore the weather.''
The three-time National League MVP held the back of his left leg as he slowly jogged to second base while Mike Trout slid under the cutoff man's throw at home.
After manager Mike Scioscia and the Angels' training staff checked on him, Pujols left the field walking smoothly.
Howie Kendrick then drove in pinch runner Tony Campana to put the Angels up 4-0 on Hisashi Iwakuma and the Mariners.
Pujols has 97 RBIs this season. His three-run double tied him with Mike Schmidt for 35th place in baseball history with 1,595 RBIs.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.