Astros second basemen Jose Altuve continues to pile up the hits. Altuve, who has hit safely in nine of the past 10 games, entered Saturday's contest against the Rangers with 50 hits this season, which ranks second only behind Miguel Cabrera's 52.
He recorded 35 hits in the month of April -- which was the club record for a second basemen -- and is currently on pace to finish with 200-plus hits.
"I haven't thought about it," Altuve told MLB.com when asked about reaching 200 hits. "I just go day by day and try to get my hits and get on base and score some runs and help the team."
Twelve of Altuve's 50 hits have gone for extra bases and he entered Saturday's tilt hitting .342/.384/.459 with two home runs and 17 RBI over 146 at-bats.