Nomar goes back on the DL

Nomar Garciaparra found himself back on the disabled list Saturday, only 10 days after he was moved to the active roster.

Garciaparra, who missed the first 14 games with a microfracture in his wrist, will be shelved this time because of a strained left calf he suffered when reaching for a ball down the third-base line in the ninth inning of the Dodgers’ 13-inning, 8-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Rookie Blake DeWitt, who was sent down to triple-A Las Vegas on Thursday, was called back up to replace Garciaparra and started Saturday’s game, going one for four with two runs batted in.

“When it happened, I knew I pulled it,” Garciaparra said, recalling the instant he reached for Scott Podesdnik’s double.

Garciaparra strained the same calf last August and spent three weeks on the disabled list. He said he had no idea about the severity of this injury or how long he might be sidelined.

Manager Joe Torre said Garciaparra would remain in Los Angeles to receive treatment during a six-game trip that starts Tuesday in Florida.

DeWitt played one game with Las Vegas, going one for two with a double, three walks and three runs Friday night. He said he was eating in the Las Vegas clubhouse after the 51s’ 12-11 victory over Portland when he saw Garciaparra get hurt on television.

Soon after, Las Vegas Manager Lorenzo Bundy told DeWitt that he was being recalled.

“Some unexpected things happen,” said DeWitt, who didn’t learn he was on the opening-day roster until opening day. “Several unexpected things happened this year in a short amount of time.”

DeWitt flew to Las Vegas on Friday, dropped off his luggage at his room at the Sahara and took the same cab that he’d taken from the airport to the hotel to Cashman Field. By noon the next day, he was on his way back to Los Angeles.

“I didn’t even unpack,” DeWitt said.

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Andruw Jones, the other player to leave Friday night’s 4-hour 38-minute marathon because of injury, was back in the lineup Saturday. Jones fouled a third-inning pitch off his left calf Friday, something he also did three weeks ago in San Diego.

Jones experienced severe swelling in his calf, but he called Torre on Saturday afternoon to tell him that he wanted to play. “It’s my luck right now,” Jones said, shaking his head. “I have great luck.”

Jones laughed at his added misfortune in the next inning, when he had to run on his bruised calf to field a couple of balls. He was replaced by Matt Kemp in the fifth.

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Because Delwyn Young pinch-hit in the seventh Friday and Chin-lung Hu entered as a defensive replacement for Jeff Kent in the ninth, Torre, having run out of infielders, had to move Russell Martin from catcher to third base when Garciaparra was hurt.

Martin was drafted as a third baseman but was converted to catcher in his second year of pro ball. Because he takes ground balls every day, he said he didn’t feel uncomfortable in his old position.

“I’m not a catcher playing third base,” Martin said. “I’m a third baseman playing catcher.”

Martin played at third from the ninth to 13th innings, ending the game by scoring Kemp on a sacrifice fly to right. Kemp had reached base on an error by Clint Barmes and took third on a single by Gary Bennett, who replaced Martin behind the plate.

By advancing Kemp to third, Bennett atoned for a ninth-inning passed ball that allowed Willy Taveras to score and send the game into extra innings tied at 7-7.

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Oscar De La Hoya, who flew in from his home in Puerto Rico earlier in the day, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. De La Hoya predicted that he would stop Steve Forbes in the 10th round of their super-welterweight bout Saturday at the Home Depot Center.

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dylan.hernandez@latimes.com