Los playoffs of Major League Baseball for the star second baseman of Houston Astros, Jose Altuve, has always been a stage where all his talent comes to light, especially in important moments. However, for the first game of the American League Championship Series ante Texas Rangers luck was not on his side.
Burce Bochy’s team took the victory in the first duel 2×0 and the Venezuelan infielder He took most of the criticism for not running the pads well and causing a double play in the eighth inning that helped Aroldis Chapman to get the zero.
Because of everything that happened, Jose Altuve was one of those who spoke about his team’s defeat and the mistake he made when running the bases on Alex Bregman’s hit, which cut off a possible rally of Astros.
“I thought the ball was over his head, I didn’t think he was going to make the play. He made a great play and then I tried to get back to first, I just tried to win the game.”said the infielder.
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At the same time, Jose Altuve He commented that he spoke with his teammates and told them not to think about the game anymore and to concentrate on the second of the series, which is quite important.
The second baseman also took the opportunity to praise the starter’s performance. TexasJordan Montgomery, who according to the Venezuelan combined his curve very well with the rest of his repertoire to leave a fairly productive offense like that of Houston Astros.
Jose Altuve only thinks about a victory in the second game of the ALDS
Jose Altuve He talked about how important it is to win the second game of the Championship Series because of how difficult it would be to go 2-0 away to try to level everything.
“It’s a great game for us. You have to try to score some runs and win. It is very important, we have to win. Like I said, you don’t want to go to Dallas down 2-0. They are a great team. They pitch well and hit. So you want to go there 1-1 and we’re going to try to make this happen.”the Venezuelan closed.
So far this postseason, Jose Altuve He has seen action in five games where he has an average of .200 with a home run, an RBI and a couple of runs scored.
2023-10-17 16:26:41
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