Astros slugger Alvarez hospitalized with shortne s of breath August 20 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink ATLANTA (AP) Astros left fielder Yordan Alvarez was taken to a hospital during Friday night's game against Atlanta because of shortne s of breath that was exacerbated by the Braves' in-game fireworks, Houston manager Dusty Baker said.Alvarez departed the game under his own power with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. There was a pause in the action when Braves rookie Vaughn Gri som fouled a ball off his foot and was being tended to by a trainer. That's when Billy Cunningham Jersey Alvarez, who is batting .295 with 31 homers and 77 RBIs, made his break for the Houston dugout.Hes being analyzed by the doctors," Baker said. They said all his vitals are good. Hes feeling normal but he still has to see our doctor. He was just, he had shortne s of breath, and then when Philadelphia 76Ers Hats they shot the fireworks off, the smoke kind of made it worse.Im glad we got him out when we did because I looked up and he was in the dugout and it was kind of a scary moment because it could be anything, but they said hes doing fine at the moment." Baker said no one in the Astros' dugout knew Alvarez, an AL All-Star this year and the 2019 Rookie of the Year, was in any distre s.We didnt see anything," Baker said. I just looked up in the dugout and he was there. After that we had to take it into emergency action to find out whats wrong and then the emergency crew came over and took him to the hospital."Losing Alvarez, who ranks first in AL on-base percentage and second in homers, slugging percentage, OPS and runs, for any length of time would be a big blow to Houston. The AL-leading Astros are 77-44 and primed for another deep postseason run. They lost in the World Series last year to Atlanta.Hes a big, Jimmy Butler Jersey big part of this team," Baker said. Hes our big boy in the middle, so were not thinking about losing him. Were thinking about getting him back and hopefully hell be all right tomorrow.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic American League Major League Baseball Yordan Alvarez Houston Astros Yordan Alvarez Atlanta Braves Houston Astros share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 24 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned Lamine Diane Jersey to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 27 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 51 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux Tyrese Maxey Jersey 's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS