Altuve went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, two runs scored and a stolen base in Friday's 5-3 extra-inning win over the Yankees. Altuve got the Astros on the board with a two-run blast in the first inning,

A lull for the Astros’ offense mirrored one from its sparkplug. As Jose Altuve goes, the Astros say, so do they. Not often is the adage applied to a downturn, a result of both Altuve’s consistency atop the lineup and the responsibility shared by eight hitters behind him.