The Houston Astros have appeared in the last 7 American League Championship Series with 4 World Series appearances and 2 World Series Titles.
A major contributor and key component of these successful Astros teams is the likes of Jose Altuve.
Altuve left the September 11th game against the Oakland Athletics with pain in his side.
According to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the Astros say they are “not concerned,” about Altuve’s injury.
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The Astros just got Kyle Tucker back from the injured list, have Alex Bregman experiencing elbow soreness, and Chas McCormick on the injured list.
Astros manager Joe Espada says that additional imaging was done on Altuve, and that he avoided any serious injury.
Altuve is considered day to day currently, but the Astros can’t afford to have another star player go on the injured list with the season winding down and the Astros fighting to keep a playoff spot.
The stats back up the all-star title for Altuve as he is hitting .302 with 19 home runs, and 62 runs batted in.
Injuries in September are especially painful for playoff teams, but it seems like the Astros have avoided any serious injury to their long-tenured leadoff hitter.
They hope to enter another postseason as healthy as possible.
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