Altuve isn't in the lineup for the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against Baltimore, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports. After going 1-for-3 with a walk and scoring a run during Game 1, Altuve will catch a breather during the nightcap while Brice Matthews starts at the keystone. Daniel Johnson will fill the resulting void in center field and bat eighth.
Jose Altuve: Everything you need to know
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Jose Altuve Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB3/22L 3-2200000000030003/20L 7-4301100010040013/19L 6-2300000000040003/18L 4-1301100000030013/15W 1-0300000000060003/13L 5-4300000000050003/11W 4-1311000110040043/10W 7-6200000001060003/8L 3-1300000000010003/6W 7-1300000000020003/5L 2-0300000000050003/23-3301100000050013/1L 4-3201100001001012/274-430000000005000
Preseason Totals 3915400122053108 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB5/5W 2-1400000000090005/4L 8-3401100010040015/3W 3-1411010000000025/2W 6-3511010000050025/10-0100000000010004/30L 5-0101100001010114/28L 5-3500000000070004/25L 8-3300000001040004/24L 12-4322110000010034/22W 2-0400000000010004/21L 8-55000000000100004/20W 9-2500000000010004/19L 7-5513300010010034/18L 7-5410000001080004/17L 9-4511000110090044/16L 3-2412110001080034/14W 7-6510000000040004/13L 6-2400000000020004/12L 6-1403210000010044/11L 8-7401100000030014/10L 9-6400000000070004/8L 9-1401100000030014/7L 5-1400000000060004/6L 9-7523120010030054/5L 12-10422110012050034/4W 11-0401100011040014/3L 4-1100000001050004/1W 6-4411100000040013/31W 1-0100000000010003/30W 8-14442002210200103/29W 9-7311010012090023/28W 11-9411100001070113/27L 6-2301100001071013/26L 3-030000000102000
Regular Season Totals 12720311990391401451249
Jose Altuve Splits 2026
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SplitsHRRBIHAVG1B2B3BBBHBPSBCSTBOBP
Overall 39320.241209016012500.327Home 36170.283113011011290.394Away 03150.2059605001210.266Day 04150.29410507001200.379Night 35170.20710409011300.293March 2370.3684108011140.556April 15210.22614608001300.294May 0140.190220000060.190Opponent vs STL 1 2 4 0.286 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.333 vs ATH 0 2 3 0.333 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.538 vs LAA 0 1 3 0.231 2 1 0 5 0 1 1 4 0.444 vs COL 0 1 6 0.273 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.304 vs CLE 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs BAL 0 0 1 0.125 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.222 vs SEA 0 0 4 0.250 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.294 vs LAD 0 1 1 0.125 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.125 vs BOS 2 2 8 0.348 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.423 vs NYY 0 0 2 0.333 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.429 Venue @ Colorado 0 1 4 0.308 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.308 @ Athletics 0 2 3 0.333 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.538 @ Houston 3 6 17 0.283 11 3 0 11 0 1 1 29 0.394 @ Cleveland 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 @ Baltimore 0 0 1 0.125 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.222 @ Boston 0 0 3 0.231 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.231 @ Seattle 0 0 4 0.250 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.294
Jose Altuve Player Profile
Career History
Jose Altuve: Breaking News
Getting breather Sunday
Altuve is out of the starting lineup Sunday versus the Yankees, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports. Altuve started Houston's previous nine contests and will get a rare day out of the starting nine Sunday. The veteran second baseman has just two hits over his past 20 at-bats, so he'll look to use the day off to recharge. Braden Shewmake is starting at second base for Houston in Altuve's stead Sunday.
Homers in loss Friday
Altuve went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Cardinals. Altuve took Kyle Leahy deep in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull Houston within one run. After batting .378 through the first 11 games of the season, Altuve is 8-for-38 (.211) over his last nine games. Altuve's homer Friday was his first RBI in that span. The second baseman is slashing .293/.404/.493 with three home runs, seven RBI, 15 runs scored, one stolen base and a 14:17 BB:K across 89 trips to the plate.