Astros' Altuve breaks Biggio's franchise mark with 211th hit of season
Troy Taormina / USA Today Sports
And then he was all alone at the top.
After tying Craig Biggio's single-season mark with a double in the fifth inning Tuesday, Astros second baseman Jose Altuve set a new franchise record in his next at-bat, poking a seventh-inning single that gave him 211 hits on the year.
Altuve's hit total, and .342 batting average, are both tops in the majors.
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