Correa’s big game helped the Astros take a 1-0 lead in the ALCS by Mike Axisa @mikeaxisa 1m ago • 3 min read BOSTON — If you’ve watched Astros shortstop Carlos Correa play at any point over the last nine weeks or so, you know he isn’t healthy. Correa missed six weeks with lower back soreness, and after returning on August 10, he hit .180/.261/.256 in the final 37 games of the regular season. He looked every bit as bad at the plate as the numbers suggest. “It’s just a pain down in my lower back that doesn’t let me move right,” Correa said to the Associated Press earlier this week, confirming he is still not fully recovered from his back trouble. “When I bend over, when I rotate. Sometimes when I wake up and I walk in the morning, I know it’s not going to be a good day.” Correa went 1 for 10 in the three-game sweep of the Indians in the ALDS — the one was an opposite field three-run home run in his final at-bat of the series — and, because he’s struggled so much lately, manager A.J. Hinch has bumped him down into the No. 7 spot in the lineup. Correa hasn’t complained. It just goes to show how difficult things have been recently. In ALCS Game 1 on Saturday night, it was impossible to tell Correa’s back has been bothering him. He displayed the all-around excellence that makes him a perennial MVP pick. His… [Read full story]
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