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- Updated: September 10, 2016
HOUSTON — Jose Altuve was replaced for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Astros’ 2-1 win over the Cubs at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, but it had nothing to do with the All-Star second baseman being in a hitting slump.
Altuve, whose average has recently dropped from .366 to .339, was ill and had been vomiting.
“He was sick to his stomach the whole day,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “He threw up minutes before the …
