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Altuve busts slump with 24th HR in 3-hit night
- Updated: September 14, 2016
HOUSTON — In a loss as demoralizing as Tuesday night’s 3-2 heartbreaker to the Rangers, it’s probably hard for the Astros to take away many positives. If there was going to be one, though, it’s that American League MVP candidate Jose Altuve has seemingly busted his slump.
Altuve went 3-for-4 against the Rangers, notching two singles and a game-tying home run in his first three-hit game since Aug. 19. It was Altuve’s 100th career game with three or more hits, which is the most in baseball since his debut in 2011.
“Jose comes to the ballpark every day with a chance to have this type of game,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “Obviously, the numbers will tell you, he was due, but we’ve seen this type of game 50 times it feels like this year. You don’t get 200 hits by accident.”
Entering Tuesday, Altuve had been in the midst of a cold spell that …
