Jose Altuve left the Astros’ collection opener in opposition to the Yankees after one inning Friday after fouling a ball off his decrease left leg in his first at-bat.
Altuve had a visual bruise on his left shin after the Astros’ 6-2 loss and mentioned he has fouled a ball off the similar spot a number of instances within the final week. The 2nd baseman mentioned he didn’t go through exams on his leg however didn’t really feel he can have stayed in Friday’s sport.
“I don’t think I was able to make it happen tonight,” Altuve mentioned. “Hopefully tomorrow will come and (it’ll) feel good.”
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Altuve completed the first-inning at-bat, grounding out, and was once changed on protection at 2nd base in the second one inning. Manager Dusty Baker mentioned Altuve “really didn’t have much choice” about whether or not to return out of the sport.
“He was sore when the game started from the last few occurrences,” Baker mentioned. “So I couldn’t take a chance and so I took him out of the game right away.”
Altuve is coming off a torrid month of August through which he posted a .354/.430/.522 slash line in 27 video games. He gave the impression in simply 37 video games sooner than August because of a fractured thumb, which brought about him to omit the 1st 43 video games of the season, and an indirect damage that resulted in a 17-game absence in July.
“Really frustrating,” Altuve mentioned of Friday’s go out. “Especially right now, we’re so close in the division that you want to be in there helping your team.”
Altuve mentioned he plans to put on a shin guard if he does play Saturday.
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