HISTORY! José Altuve, one of the Astros’ top sluggers

Jose Altuve keep making history with Houston Astrossince he reached 10 homers in the season and 174 in his career, with which he tied with George Springer ranked fifth for most home runs in team history.

Altuve switched to bat in the fifth inning and homered on the first pitch with a teammate on board to increase the Astros’ lead from 2-0 to 4-0.

Altuve started the campaign with 164 clubs back inningwith which he was in the eighth place of the maximum home runs in the history of the Texan franchise, but with the 10 shots he has carried so far, he has already climbed to the fifth step.

HIGHEST HOME RUNNERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSTON ASTROS

• Jeff Bagwell: 449
• Lance Berkman: 326
• Craig Biggio: 291
• Jim Wynn: 223
• George Springer: 174
• Jose Altuve: 174

In this meeting, the Cuban Yordan Alvarez hit a couple of hit home runs and the Dominican Framber Valdez He only gave up two hits in nine innings as the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1. Seventh Inning

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