The Venezuelan José Altuve, figure of the Houston Astroshit his 22nd home run of the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) campaign on Tuesday night.
In the top of the third inning, on a full count (3 and 2), “Astroboy” deciphered a changeup by Texas Rangers starter Dane Dunning to flick the ball out to left field.
In accordance with Baseball Savantthe Venezuelan’s connection registered a muzzle velocity of 105 miles per hour and traveled 398 feet.
I had. ???? pic.twitter.com/ieneCroNwh
— Houston Astros (@astros) August 31, 2022
With this hit from four corners, Altuve was two “home runs” from Eugenio Suárez in the Venezuelan home run race in the “Big Show”.
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On this day, the Venezuelan waiter went 2-5, with two runs scored and one RBI to reach 46 RBIs in the year.
Latin Record
For his part, Dominican pitcher Framber Valdez, who pitched eight innings of two runs, reached the 22nd consecutive quality start of the harvest to set a new record among Latinos.
FRAMBER, MAKING HISTORY! ✍️
Framber Valdez surpasses Johan Santana and reaches 2️⃣2️⃣ consecutive quality starts, the only Latino to do so in the history of #The majors. pic.twitter.com/fcr1br3Z2x
– The Mayores (@TheMayores) August 31, 2022
Thanks to his extraordinary performance, the sinister starter moved his record to 14-4 and dropped his ERA to 2.63.
The Astros (83-47) march without any opposition to conquer the Western Division of the American League.
