‘Jose Not Happy as He Looked at Sanchez’- Houston Astros Rally Behind Veteran Slugger Jose Altuve After Being Drilled by Twins Pitcher in Bench Clearing Incident
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Benches got cleared during the Astros v/s Twins match when Jose Altuve got hit by Aaron Sanchez’s pitch. The match yesterday was a comeback match for Altuve, as he returned after healing from a hamstring injury. Naturally, words got exchanged between the two players, and Altuve did not look like calming down any time soon.
The opening match of the Houston and Twins series was a special one, as they hosted Mayah Nicole, a survivor of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. She threw the ceremonial first pitch of the game as well.
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The whole team mustered behind the slugger Jose Altuve
As soon as the ball hit Altuve on his left leg, his helmet and bat fell from him. Then he put the helmet back on, took his bat, and started walking away. Midway, he threw his bat away in anger.
Words were exchanged between Jose Altuve and Aaron Sanchez after Altuve was hit by a pitch
The coaches went out to calm Sanchez and the umpires ruled it a mound visit, forcing them to remove him from the game and Rocco Baldelli was HEATED pic.twitter.com/i0wzkI1WMX
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 24, 2022
As per the commentator, “Jose not happy as he looked at Sanchez.” Later on, benches got cleared, and both the teams were on the field to calm Jose and Sanchez.
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However, the umpire ruled it as a mound visit, which led the Minnesota Twins to remove the pitcher, Aaron Sanchez, from the game. The manager of the Twins, Rocco Baldelli, was pretty angry after being forced to remove Sanchez from the match.
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He also got engaged in what looked like a heated conversation with the umpires. Baldelli did not think that the ruling by the ump was right and thus was clearly not happy about it.
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What else was included in Altuve’s comeback?
In a press release, Houston Astros listed the schedule of the six-game series at the Minute Maid Park with the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles. With the schedule, they also announced that almost every day of these days, fans would be in for a treat.
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Yesterday was the first match where the Astros hosted Mayah Nicole and her family. It was also the Peanuts and Dollar Dog Night yesterday. The biggest treat for the spectators of the match will be tomorrow when the Astros will be wrapping up their series with the Minnesota Twins.
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Simar Singh Wadhwa