Angels and Astros the series to watch this week

Houston 2B Jose Altuve on Wednesday extended his hitting streak at Minute Maid Park to a team-record 18 games (29-for-68), breaking the old mark of 17 set by Jeff Bagwell (2000), Ty Wigginton (2008) and Hunter Pence (2010).2. “I have to take the positives away from that”.

The Astros bullpen did a great job in relief as four different guys combined to throw four scoreless innings in relief while letting up only two hits.

Rasmus (double) and Evan Gattis (triple) each drove in sixth-inning runs.

METS 7, PADRES 5 Justin Upton hit a three-run home run through a driving rain with two outs in the ninth inning, and San Diego stunned host New York as it overcame a six-run deficit during a game delayed almost four hours by two storms. That being said those three games came in their last four losing the last game of three game series to the Twins before losing the first two against the Texas Rangers. In that stretch, he has fanned 37 batters and walked only eight (for a K/BB ratio of 4.63) while posting a 0.83 WHIP.

With Albert Pujols and Mike Trout clearly giving it all they possibly can, the Angels need to be sure to capitalize on all the energy being produced and not let it go to waste. J.D. Martinez put the Tigers ahead with a two-run double in the first and finished with three ribbies. Tucker hit a solo homer in the sixth and Singleton’s shot came in the seventh to push the lead to 4-1. Garrett Richards is 10-7 this season with a WHIP of 1.177.

Oakland won anyway with another gem from Gray (11-4), who struck out nine while cruising through his fourth career shutout.

Baltimore’s Chris Davis homered twice and drove in five runs as the Orioles cruised past Atlanta 7-3 for its fourth straight victory. He became the first Cubs pitcher to strike out 14 since Mark Prior had 16 on September 30, 2004.

The Cubs trailed the Brewers 2-0 until Anthony Rizzo crushed a three-run homer in the eighth inning of Chicago’s 5-2 triumph at Milwaukee.

Blue Jays 8, Phillies 2: Troy Tulowitzki homered and had three hits in his Blue Jays debut as Toronto beat Philadelphia. Norris later scored on Justin Upton’s go-ahead, three-run blast off Jeurys Familia.

McCullers (5-3) allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts. The 31-year-old Soria was 3-1 with 23 saves and a 2.85 ERA in 43 appearances with Detroit this season.

Even for Trout, who is widely recognized as the best player in baseball and has already accomplished so much in the big leagues, it was a thrill to meet an NFL superstar like Watt.