Astros' Altuve kept ball from 1st Triple-A hit
It was a hit more than a decade in the making.
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve stroked an opposite-field single during his rehab assignment with Triple-A Fresno on Sunday. It was his first ever base hit at that level, as he jumped from Double-A to the majors back in 2011.
After 1,384 hits in the Major Leagues, #Astros' Jose Altuve (@JoseAltuve27) gets his first at Triple-A for @FresnoGrizzlies.
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 20, 2018
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Altuve, who has picked up 1,384 with the Astros, had to wait 11 years after his minor-league debut in 2007 to finally reach the milestone at Triple-A. As such, he made sure he took the ball home.
Jose Altuve kept the ball from his first Triple-A hit, which he got Sunday in Tacoma. When he was called up to start his career, he was in Double-A. pic.twitter.com/AAY3NeItqM
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 20, 2018
Set to rejoin the Astros on Tuesday after missing nearly two months with a knee injury, Altuve will have a souvenir from his brief stay in Triple-A.