Sunday:STRINGS AND THINGSAll sorts of streaks are in play when the Astros wrap up their series at Seattle.Jose Altuve has homered in a career-high five straight games — the former AL MVP from Houston has connected six times in that span. Morgan Ensberg set the team record in 2006 by homering in six consecutive games. The Astros have won eight in a row overall.The Mariners extended their major league record by hitting a home run in their 17th straight game to begin a season. They’ve hit 38 longballs this year.BACK IN THE SWING?Chris Davis looked like the star slugger he once was Mike Moustakas Jersey , ending his record 0-for-54 slump with a single and two doubles in Baltimore’s 9-5 win at Boston. The two-time major league homer champ drove in four runs.Davis had been hitless in 33 at-bats this season, extending a skid that began last September. He kept the souvenir ball from the drought-breaking hit.“I don’t know what I’m going to do with it, but obviously something special,” he said.TOASTYTemperatures are supposed to be in the mid-40s at Target Field when the Minnesota Twins finish up their series against Detroit.After the teams were snowed out Friday, it was 37 degrees at gametime Saturday when the Twins topped the Tigers 4-3 on Saturday.Meanwhile, there is a mixture of snow and rain in the forecast at Wrigley Field for the game between the Cubs and Angels.BOUNCING BACKJacob deGrom hopes for a return to his NL Cy Young Award form when he starts for the Mets at Atlanta in the Sunday night game.DeGrom was dominant in his first two outings this season, striking out 24 in 13 shutout innings. But then last Tuesday, the Twins tagged him for six runs and eight hits, including three home runs.MAX RESTNationals ace Max Scherzer (1-2, 3.32 ERA) will make his fourth start of the season a day later than expected. He was held back after dealing with soreness in his right leg, and now faces Pittsburgh at home. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is 11-10 in 32 career starts when working with six or more days of rest.HITTING BLUESAL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell of the Rays took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning before Toronto rallied to win Saturday. That marked the fifth time this season the Blue Jays have been held hitless through at least five innings.The Blue Jays try to get off to a better start when they face Tampa Bay righty Charlie Morton (2-0 Salvador Perez Jersey , 2.25 ERA).SHAKYThe top four Red Sox starters — Chris Sale, David Price, Nathan Eovaldi and Rick Porcello — are 0-7 with an 8.43 ERA. Price tries to get a win when he pitches against Baltimore in his game at Fenway Park this season. NEW YORK — The San Francisco Giants hope a fluky victory Monday night will jumpstart a stagnant offense and fuel an unlikely run back into the playoff race. The New York Mets hope the agonizing hard-luck defeat won’t send them back into a familiar funk.The Giants will look to start a winning streak when they visit the Mets on Tuesday night for the second contest of a four-game series at Citi Field.The Giants snapped a four-game losing streak by earning a 2-1, 13-inning win Monday, when Andrew McCutchen scored from third base with two outs in the 13th after Brandon Crawford’s pop-up was dropped by Mets shortstop Amed Rosario as he was hit from behind by left fielder Dominic Smith.Article continues below ...Giants right-hander Chris Stratton (8-7, 5.52 ERA) will be recalled from Triple-A Sacramento prior to the game and is scheduled to oppose Mets left-hander Steven Matz (5-10, 4.60).The win Monday kept flickering playoff hopes alive for the Giants (62-64), who are seven games behind in the race for the second wild card in the National League. Any chances of moving back into contention rest on a revival of an offense that has produced 11 runs in the last five games and stranded four runners in scoring position in the first 11 innings against the Mets.“It’s a great feeling,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said afterward. “You’re in extra innings, you’re trying to score any way you can and we got a break. They collided, knocked the ball out and you take it.”Any playoff hopes for the Mets ended during a June in which they went 5-21. New York (54-70) has been playing better of late and entered Monday with eight wins in its last 12 games and the most runs in the NL (111) since Aug. 1.But the Mets http://www.royalsfanproshop.com/authentic-ryan-goins-jersey , who are averaging the fewest runs of any team at home (3.21 runs per game), stranded 10 runners, including two apiece in the 11th and 12th before the collision between Smith, a converted first baseman, and Rosario.“It’s an easy play for our team and we messed it up, communication-wise,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. “We cost ourselves the game tonight with little things.”Stratton and Matz will be looking to recapture their first-half form Tuesday.Stratton will be pitching for the Giants for the first time since Aug. 3, when he took the loss after allowing six runs over three innings as the Giants fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3. He is 0-2 with a 14.14 ERA in his last four appearances (three starts) dating back to June 28, a stretch in which his overall ERA rose from 4.14 to 5.52 and he was sent to Sacramento twice.However, in his most recent Triple-A stint, Stratton went 2-0 in two starts while allowing two runs over 13 innings. He has never faced the Mets.Matz Bo Jackson Jersey , who missed the first 15 days of the month because of a flexor pronator strain in his left arm, returned from the disabled list Thursday, when he took the loss after allowing six runs (four earned) over two innings as the Mets fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-6. He is 1-3 with a 13.18 ERA dating back to July 21, a stretch in which his overall ERA has risen from 3.38 to 4.60.Matz won his lone career start and appearance against the Giants on April 29, 2016, when he tossed six scoreless innings in the Mets’ 13-1 victory.