Jose Altuve is on fire. He’s on such a tear that, by one measure, he’s hotter than any hitter in MLB history.
Altuve and the Astros have taken the first two games of a crucial three-game set against the Rangers this week. In the sixth inning of Monday’s game Altuve broke a 4–4 tie with a homer off of Glenn Otto. Then, in the ninth, he added an insurance run with another homer. For an encore on Tuesday, he homered in each of the first three innings. That’s five homers in a span of just seven innings, which, according to OptaSTATS, had never been accomplished before in all of MLB history.
Jose Altuve's 5 homers the last 2 days for the @astros came over a span of 7 innings (from the 6th inning on Monday through the 3rd inning on Tuesday).
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) September 6, 2023
That's the shortest span of team innings for a player to hit 5 home runs in MLB history. pic.twitter.com/qRR2uP5IG2
