Jose Altuve will undergo an MRI to examine a right knee injury he suffered during Thursday's game versus the Texas Rangers. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Astros' Jose Altuve getting MRI due to right knee injury

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Sep 3, 2020 6:40 PM ET

Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker confirmed that second baseman Jose Altuve will undergo an MRI to examine a right knee injury he suffered during Thursday's game versus the Texas Rangers.

Dusty Baker said Jose Altuve is getting an MRI on his right knee, which is the same right knee had surgery on after the 2018 season.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) September 3, 2020

Houston defeated Texas 8-4.

Altuve experienced knee discomfort following an awkward slide into third base in the first inning of the contest. Baker replaced Altuve in the top of the third:

Oh no. No no no.

Looks like Altuve racked himself on third base pic.twitter.com/6VaWfOVfx7
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) September 3, 2020

As noted by the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), the 30-year-old underwent an operation on that same knee in the fall of 2018 to repair a kneecap avulsion fracture.

Through 35 appearances, Altuve is batting .224 with three home runs, 12 RBI, five doubles, and a .606 OPS.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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