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World Serie Seager, at 23 the young-
est of three brothers who
Continued from Page 17 played pro ball, was a
Altuve skipped Triple-A unanimous pick as NL
and made it to the major Rookie of the Year in 2016
leagues on July 20, 2011, and repeated as an All-Star
after Houston traded Jeff this season. He became
Keppinger to San Francis- the first Dodgers player
co. He singled off Wash- since Jackie Robinson in
ington’s Tyler Clippard that 1947-48 with 30 doubles or
night in his big league de- more in each of his first two
but. seasons, and his 52 career
Houston finished last in home runs is already sec-
each of his first three sea- ond-most among Dodgers
sons. Now Altuve is among shortstop behind Pee Wee
four Astros remaining from Reese’s 122. He missed the
the team that lost a club- NL Championship Series
record 111 games in 2013, after hurting his back on a
joined by pitchers Dallas slide into second base in
Keuchel and Brad Pea- Game 3 of the Division Se-
cock along with utilityman ries but is expected to be
Marwin Gonzalez. in the starting lineup for the
At 27, he’s already a five- Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa watch from the dugout during the seventh inning opener against the Astros.
time All-Star and three- of Game 5 of baseball’s American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees Taylor blossomed at 27
time batting champion. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in New York. after 2 1/2 unremarkable
“I’m coming from a team Associated Press seasons with Seattle. Trad-
that lost a hundred games home.” Bellinger, son of former from Dodgers farm director ed to the Dodgers in June
in a row three years, three Correa, the top pick in the Yankees infielder Clay Bell- Gabe Kapler. 2016, he started the sea-
straight years,” Altuve said. 2012 amateur draft, was a inger, started the season At 21, Bellinger became the son at Triple-A, was called
“We made the playoffs in first-time All-Star this season, at Triple-A Oklahoma City youngest position player in up April 19 and earned the
2015. We didn’t make it last hitting 24 homers and driv- and made his debut April Dodgers history selected leadoff spot in the batting
year, and after last year we ing in 84 runs despite a torn 25 at San Francisco. He for the All-Star Game, set order. He had three grand
were a little uncomfortable ligament in his left thumb found out about his call- a National League rookie slams and finished with a
because we were watch- that needed surgery, caus- up at 2 a.m. after noticing record with 39 homers and .288 average, 21 homers,
ing the playoff games from ing him to miss 42 games. he had four missed calls had 97 RBIs in 132 games. 72 RBIs and 17 steals.q