We all know Jose Altuve is shorter than most players in Major League Baseball, but every so often we get a reminder of just how small he is. On Saturday, Altuve's Houston Astros faced the Minnesota Twins,
On the seventh pitch of their duel, McCaughan, who pitched the final two innings of Thursday’s game, caught Altuve looking, giving him a rare, undesirable platinum sombrero.
Darren McCaughan wasn’t completely sure what was going on, but he knew it was unusual. As McCaughan, a 29-year-old journeyman with his fourth Major League team, closed in on a strikeout of Jose Altuve on Thursday afternoon,
Altuve is an infielder in his fourth month of full-time outfield play. "I'm feeling slowly better out there," he said after Saturday's loss.
Bailey Ober 4 P, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (84 pitches, 54 strikes (64%)) Home Runs: Jose Miranda (1) Top 3 WPA: Jose Miranda (.242), Ty France (.099), Bailey Ober (.084) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The game started out with Jose Altuve wasting no time making up for his
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve had yet another shaky moment in the outfield during Saturday's game against the Minnesota Twins.
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Jose Miranda's three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth inning that ignited the Minnesota Twins in a 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros.
The pair each took an extra base, then scored, in the Twins’ six-run fourth inning in a 6-1 victory over Houston.