Rob Leiter/Getty ImagesHouston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve didn't play in Saturday's game against the Texas Rangers.Per Mark Berman of Fox 26 http://www.nationalsfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-adams-jersey , Altuve will be placed on the 10-day disabled list with a knee injury."I feel better, actually way better than yesterday," Altuve told Berman. "...We're just being careful right now. The main thing is I feel way better today than yesterday." Kyle Newman of the Denver Post noted on Wednesday the Astros' All-Star was experiencing discomfort in his right knee during a game against the Colorado Rockies and had to leave. Altuve didn't play in Friday's game against the Rangers either.In his eighth MLB season, Altuve has been in the midst of another stellar year. He hasn't quite hit for the same power he did during his MVP campaign in 2017 but is slashing .329/.392/.464 with nine home runs and 46 runs batted in.Marwin Gonzalez has been handling second base duties with Altuve out, and will likely continue to do so for the time being. SAN FRANCISCO — A team that’s returning home encounters a team that’s starting to feel right at home when the San Francisco Giants host the Texas Rangers in a three-game interleague series beginning Friday night.The Giants got a chance to enjoy one of baseball’s longest flights — New York to San Francisco — after riding Madison Bumgarner’s gem to a 3-1 victory over the Mets in Thursday’s series finale.The National League West’s fourth-place team (63-66) lost six of eight to cap a 10-game trip, but still believes there’s enough time to play catch-up in the crowded race for wild-card spots in the NL.Article continues below ...“I would like to squeak our way in there Max Scherzer Jersey ,” said Bumgarner, who will not pitch in the Texas series. “Obviously, that’s going to be tough for us. We gotta have a lot of things go our way and a lot of things not go their way. So I know the odds are slim.”The Giants will get a head-to-head shot at most of the competition in the wild-card race in the final 33 games of the season. They’ll face the Arizona Diamondbacks (71-56), the current NL West leaders, on their current homestand, sandwiched between a total of six games against the Rangers and Mets.“Anything can happen http://www.nationalsfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-adams-jersey ,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy insisted. “You have to look at some clubs. They’ve fought their way back in it. One club, in particular, the (St. Louis) Cardinals, they got hot and look where they’re at (71-57). Anything can happen. We need to win games and get on a roll and get some confidence going.”The Giants are expected to reinstate right-hander Dereck Rodriguez (6-1, 2.25) from the disabled list to open the homestand. The Arlington, Texas http://www.nationalsfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-adams-jersey , native, son of former Rangers standout Ivan Rodriguez, has never faced Texas.The 26-year-old has pitched brilliantly in interleague play, limiting the Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros to a total of six hits and one run in 13 1/3 innings, striking out 12 while going 1-0.The Rangers are scheduled to counter with right-hander Drew Hutchison (2-2, 5.71) Trea Turner Jersey , who will be making his fourth start since signed by Texas earlier this month. He has never pitched against the Giants in his five-year, 96-game, 77-start career.Like the Giants, the Rangers enter the series on a high, having held off the A’s 4-2 in the finale of a three-game series in Oakland on Wednesday.As opposed to the Giants, they will be well rested http://www.nationalsfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-adams-jersey , getting a rare opportunity to take a full day off on the road Thursday without changing hotels, having remained in the San Francisco Bay Area for both series.The Rangers believe they’ve found a closer in right-hander Jose Leclerc, who got the better of nemesis Khris Davis in a game-saving situation in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s win.“I thought it was a really nice confidence boost for him,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said of Leclerc, who struck out Davis as the potential tying run after the slugger had hit nine earlier homers against Texas this season. “Credit to Jose. One thing that I know: It will go a long ways moving forward with him.”
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