Jose Altuve’s three-homer game is just a sign of the times

A 96-mph fastball at the letters, a powerful swing, an excited player. Of course, there’s the baseball, too, which landed just above the C&D Scrap Metal sign in left-center.

Jose Altuve, who stands only 5-foot-6 and weighs just 165 pounds, packed this punch off Red Sox left-hander and Cy Young candidate Chris Sale in his first career postseason start, extending the Astros’ lead to 2-0.

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