Good afternoon, Houston.

The Astros' Jose Altuve was not in Sunday's lineup during Houston's series finale against the Braves. 

The star second baseman was removed from Saturday’s game after reporting soreness while running the bases and was still “pretty sore” as of Sunday morning, manager Joe Espada said.

Catch the rest of the game here. 

Here's the rest of the news.

Alexandria Alejandro, Audience Producer alexandria.alejandro@houstonchronicle.com

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