He Venezuelan baseball player Jose Altuvewas not in the first game of the series between Houston Astros y Philadelphia Phillies in it Citizens Bank Parkdue to the rest granted by Joe Espadamanager of the siderales, due to his long consecutive stay in the lineup for just over a month. However, the Creole waiter was announced as part of the team for the second commitment from the series.
As part of taking care of your physical condition, Espada decided to give him a rest and reduce the pressure on the Venezuelan’s shoulders, seeing that he has been batting just .192 in the last seven games; even more so when the Cuban Yordan Alvarez He was already back in the lineup on Monday to safeguard the offense of Houston Astros in that game.
However, the rest of Jose Altuve finished and this Tuesday, August 27th, he will be back to the offensive order of Houston to face the Philadelphia Phillies and shipments of Aaron Nola.
Altuve has had an exceptional campaign in this 2024 calendar of Major League Baseball. His positive performances have allowed him to Houston return to the fight of the Western Division of the American League after a difficult start to the season between defeats and absences of players due to injuries.
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Jose Altuve returns as Houston’s leadoff hitter
The 34-year-old Venezuelan baseball player returns to the lineup after a day of rest and will do so as the starter for the offensive team and defender at second base.
Houston will jump into the field of Citizens Bank Park with the veteran pitcher Justin Verlanderwho has a record of 3-3 with a 3.92 ERA and 57 strikeouts, while the offense will come out as follows:
- Jose Altuve 2B
- Alex Bregman 3B
- Yordan Alvarez DH
- Yainer Diaz C
- Joe Singlenton 1B
- Jeremy Peña SS
- Ben Gamel RF
- Jake Meyers CF
- Mauricio Dubon LF
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For the local troops, the manager Rob Thompson decided to align all his stars to face Houston Astros:
- Kyle Schwarber DH
- Trea Turner SS
- Bryce Harper 1B
- Alec Bohm 3B
- Nick Castellanos RF
- Bryson Stott 2B
- J.T Realmuto C
- Brandon Marsh CF
- Austin Hays LF
It should be noted that, Jose Altuve and their Houston will seek to equal the series that he currently leads Philadelphia 1-0, after taking the victory through a walk off during the night of this past Monday.
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