Jose Altove is increasingly historic

Atlanta – Jose Altove Every day he is a more historic player with his racket and is among the best Latin Americans to make it to the big summit.

Wednesday night, in Game Two of the World Series, he returned in the seventh inning to secure a 7-2 victory for the Houston Astros over the Atlanta Braves and a 1-1 World Championship tie. But he was also 22nd in his post-season Major League home run to finish 22nd all-time, tied with Bernie Williams and only 29th behind Mane Ramirez.

“Having 22 home kicks in the qualifiers and connecting them means a lot to me,” Altov said. “As long as my name is mentioned, it’s been incredible before with Derek Jeter and now with Bernie Williams. It keeps me out of the house to help my team and to keep doing things like that.”

“As long as we keep winning, it will be better.”

Altuve also doubled in the first inning, which later became the billiards score of the game, having crushed in five strokes in the opening game of the World Championships against the Braves.

“Stats don’t matter at all in qualifying as long as you win,” Altov said. “You can be zero out of 20, but it’s important to hit the big hit. This qualifier. It doesn’t matter if you go zero to five (Tuesday). Today I showed up, I tried to pick good pitches to connect and I’m happy for my team to win.”

Dusty Becker, director of the Astros, said Altuve has a talent and ability rarely seen in top companies, but his mindset is still greater than anything, regardless of adversity, pressure or some other factor on and off the field.

“When you know you can play, you have to do it,” Baker said. “I mean you don’t have a choice. My dad used to tell me it’s okay to have a low day, and it’s wrong to stay there. So Jose never backs down.”

Altuve also equaled Pablo Sandoval with three quads, the most among the Venezuelan hitters.

“I would always be ready for this opportunity,” Altuve said. “I never lose faith in myself. I’m always ready to make an impact on my chances. Whether it’s two days from now, game 3, game 4, I will always be ready to make an impact.”

“Nothing is easy in baseball, especially in the playoffs,” he added. “But when you’ve been in situations before, you know how to deal with it. (…) This team is ready to come back from situations we don’t want to be in, but we got out of those situations and keep playing the ball.”