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- Updated: August 9, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, who leads the Major Leagues in hits (155) and batting average (.356), was out of the lineup in Monday’s series opener against the Twins in what manager A.J. Hinch described as a day off that was as “routine for a guy who’s played a couple of hundred games in a row now.”
Altuve entered Monday having played in 202 consecutive games played, the longest active streak in the Majors, ahead of Mike Trout (172). Altuve hasn’t been out of the lineup since May 7, though he later entered that game as a defensive replacement and had one at-bat. He hasn’t missed a game since June 21, 2015, at Seattle.
“For me, it’s coming off a …
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