Mother’s Day hurts sometimes

Second baseman Jose Altuve was back in the Houston Astros’ lineup after giving his team a scare because his special Mother’s Day shoes were too snug.

Altuve began limping enough in the ninth inning of Sunday night’s game at the Yankees that manager A.J. Hinch replaced him with a pinch runner.

“He looked uncomfortable with his lower half — ankle, calf, hamstring,” Hinch said.

“It turned out to be his pink shoes. They were a too tight. It was making his foot fall asleep. When he came to the bench he was sort of dumbfounded as to why I took him out.”

The Astros finished a 10-7 victory with Altuve in the dugout and Hinch breathing a sigh of relief that his star infielder wasn’t hurt.

“I went from being really, really worried about it to shaking my head,” Hinch said.

The Astros began a series Monday night in Miami with Altuve in the lineup. The pink shoes were not.

Diamondbacks

Center fielder A.J. Pollock was placed on the 10day disabled list with a “grade one” right groin strain. No timetable was set for his return but Pollock called the diagnosis good news and said it is not a significant injury. Pollock and manager Torey Lovullo said the injury is less severe than the left groin strain that ended his season three weeks early last year. Pollock was hurt in the 10th inning of Sunday’s 6-4 loss to the Pirates.

Giants

Hunter Pence is the latest member of the team to go on the disabled list. He was placed on the 10-day DL with a strained left hamstring. Pence, 34, who underwent surgery on his torn right hamstring last season is batting .243 with three home runs and 16 RBIs this season.

Rangers

Center fielder Carlos Gomez is headed to the disabled list and will be sidelined for at least a month with a right hamstring strain. The Rangers said Gomez will be out four to six weeks.