By FRED GOODALL
AP Sports Writer

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - José Altuve was booed lustily, called a cheater and even plunked with a pitch. Still, the Houston Astros second baseman insisted he tuned out hecklers and just played baseball when he and three teammates also implicated in the sign-stealing scandal that’s rocked the game made their spring debut against the Detroit Tigers. Altuve took a third called strike to a round of cheers in his first at-bat. He hit a crowd-quieting RBI double into the left-field corner his next time up. Later, he showed no signs of being upset when he was grazed in the foot by a pitch.

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