Astros’ Jose Altuve leaves game against Yankees due to bruised left leg

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve left Friday night time towards the New York Yankees after one inning due to a bruised left leg.

Batting leadoff, Altuve grounded out after which walked gingerly to the dugout. He stopped to speak with supervisor Dusty Baker for a minute earlier than being approached by the workforce’s coach and strolling out of the dugout towards the clubhouse with the coach.

He was changed by Mauricio Dubon to start out the second inning.

Altuve has been on the injured listing twice this season. He missed about three weeks in July with an indirect harm after not making his season debut till May 19 after fracturing his left thumb within the World Baseball Classic.

The 2017 AL MVP has been nice since getting back from the indirect harm and is batting .312 with 10 homers and 34 RBIs this season. He accomplished the ninth cycle in franchise historical past Monday night time, going 4 for six with 4 runs and 4 RBIs.

After the sport, Baker mentioned Altuve fouled a ball off his shin in his first at-bat and that he’d hit it on the identical spot a number of instances this week. Baker mentioned the workforce ought to know extra about Altuve’s situation Saturday.