Astros second baseman Jose Altuve is not 100 percent healthy and continuing to play through a sore left quad, MLB.com reports Sunday.
"He doesn't have that burst of speed we're used to seeing," manager Bo Porter said. "You look at the [double] last night, that probably would have been a triple if he's completely healthy. I think he scores from second base easy on that single, too. At the same time, he's not coming out of the lineup. As the manager and the training staff, we do have to monitor it and protect him from himself."
Altuve went 1 for 4 Sunday in a loss to the Rangers. He doubled and is batting .282 on the season.