MLB Insider: Jose Altuve’s hot streak leading latest round of AL West storylines for Houston Astros
September 7, 2023
MLB Insider: Jose Altuve’s hot streak leading latest round of AL West storylines for Houston Astros
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“The World Baseball Classic started one of Jose Altuve’s most interesting years yet. In the fifth inning of a Venezuela-United States quarterfinal, he took a Daniel Bard fastball off his right hand and began a rollercoaster season with two months of rehab and thumb surgery. Then a left oblique injury threw another curveball into his attempts to lead the Houston Astros’ World Series defense. His return to full health has been historic and left behind the injuries that once plagued him. In Monday and Tuesday’s wins over the Texas Rangers, he hit five combined home runs — three came in the first three innings of the second game. It was just the fourth time in major-league history that a player has hit three home runs in as many innings to start a game. The five home runs across seven combined innings was a major-league first.”
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“The World Baseball Classic started one of Jose Altuve’s most interesting years yet.
In the fifth inning of a Venezuela-United States quarterfinal, he took a Daniel Bard fastball off his right hand and began a rollercoaster season with two months of rehab and thumb surgery. Then a left oblique injury threw another curveball into his attempts to lead the Houston Astros’ World Series defense.
His return to full health has been historic and left behind the injuries that once plagued him. In Monday and Tuesday’s wins over the Texas Rangers, he hit five combined home runs — three came in the first three innings of the second game. It was just the fourth time in major-league history that a player has hit three home runs in as many innings to start a game.
The five home runs across seven combined innings was a major-league first.”
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If you would like to read more from Luke Zahlmann’s MLB insider, it is not paywalled.