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HOUSTON -- Jose Altuve has never been known for his power.That has started to change this season.Altuve hit two of Houstons season-high five homers and had a career-high six RBI to lead the Houston Astros to a 13-3 win on Sunday for a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels.Altuve, who added an RBI single in the fifth, extended his hitting streak to nine games and stretched his streak against the Angels to 18 games. His 17 homers are a career high and he leads the majors with a .360 average. He hadnt driven in more than four runs in a game before Sunday.Im still impressed a little bit about my homers, Altuve said with a grin.Luis Valbuena, Preston Tucker and Evan Gattis also homered for the Astros, who extended their winning streak against the Angels to 11 games.There were runners at first and second with no outs in the first when Altuve connected off Tim Lincecum (2-4) on a home run to left-center field to make it 3-0. Valbuenas home run came with one out in the inning to push the lead to 4-0.He finds a way to get in the middle of it every single game, manager A.J. Hinch said. Hes certainly one of the best hitters in the league. He shows it every day. Kicking us off with a three-run homer really did ignite us.George Springer hit a two-run single with no outs in the second inning before scoring on Altuves second homer with one out to make it 8-0.Houston starter Mike Fiers (7-6) allowed nine hits and three runs in seven innings for the win.Tucker had a solo shot in Houstons three-run fifth inning. Gattis, who had a pair of homers on Friday night, homered in the sixth to make it 13-1.Lincecum lost his fourth decision in five starts by allowing seven hits and a season-high eight runs in 1 1/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season.Its pretty embarrassing, to be honest with you, he said. To give up three home runs and give up seven or eight hits in that span is pretty pathetic. Ive got a lot of work to do.Hed had great success against the Astros in his time with the Giants and entered the game 2-0 with a 0.34 ERA in four career starts at Minute Maid Park. He had a 16 1/3-inning scoreless streak here before Sunday when he allowed a season-high three homers.A sacrifice fly by Kole Calhoun gave the Angels a run in the third inning and Jett Bandy added a two-run homer in the seventh.The five home runs allowed were a season high for the Angels, who had to use six relievers following Lincecums early exit.Carlos Correa added three hits and an RBI for the Astros on a day when everyone in the starting lineup except Colby Rasmus got a hit.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: LHP Tyler Skaggs (shoulder tightness) will make his first major league appearance since July 31, 2014, when he is called up from Triple-A Salt Lake to start on Tuesday. Skaggs hasnt pitched in the majors since having Tommy John surgery in 2014.Astros: 1B Marwin Gonzalez left the game in the fifth inning when he sprained left ankle running to first base. He is listed day to day. ... C Jason Castro was out of the lineup for the second straight game after being hit on the back of his right hand on a foul tip in the ninth inning Friday.TOP PROSPECT ON THE WAYThe Astros will call up top prospect INF Alex Bregman on Monday to make his major league debut. Bregman, who was the second overall pick in the 2015 draft, has hit .333 with six homers and 15 RBI in 18 games for Triple-A Fresno this season.Were rolling along pretty well, Hinch said. He doesnt have to come up here and be anything but himself and contribute at a couple different positions.UP NEXT:Angels: Hector Santiago (8-4, 4.32) will start for Los Angeles on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Kansas City. 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According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph.The San Antonio Spurs completed a flurry of moves Thursday by signing backcourt mainstay Manu Ginobili to a one-year deal at an estimated $14 million, according to league sources.The Spurs announced the re-signing of Ginobili on Thursday night after first using their salary-cap space to sign former All-Star center Pau Gasol, Latvian import Davis Bertrans, rookie Dejounte Murray, big man Dewayne Dedmon and young guards Ryan Arcidacono and Bryn Forbes.ESPN.com reported earlier Thursday that the Spurs were planning to sign Ginobili to a one-year deal in the $10 million range, but sources say that a two-year offer from the Philadelphia 76ers worth an estimated $30 million -- though only partially guaranteed in Year 2 -- convinced the Spurs to raise their offer to the Argentinean.Philadelphias interest in Ginobili was first reported by The Vertical.Even though Ginobili, who turns 39 later this month, had already announced last week via Twitter that hes happy to tell you guys that Ill be coming back to the Spurs for another season, San Antonio took the Philadelphia threat seriously enough to increase its offer Thursday.Because San Antonio holds Ginobilis full Bird rights, it had the ability to exceed the salary cap to re-sign him at a massive raise from last sseasons $2.dddddddddddd8 million after using all of its available salary-cap space to complete the other signings.Ginobili was scheduled to earn a mere $2.9 million this season but declined his 2016-17 player option last month to become a free agent. The contract for next season represents a healthy reward for Ginobilis longstanding loyalty to San Antonio, which led him to sacrifice millions over the years in multiple contract negotiations to help maintain financial flexibility for the Spurs.Sources say Philadelphia was moved to make a play for Ginobili given his ties to 76ers coach Brett Brown, who worked as a Spurs assistant before taking the Philadelphia job, as well as the Sixers desire to add to a growing core of strong veteran influences that now features recent signees Jerryd Bayless and Sergio Rodriguez.The Spurs, as ESPN.com first reported, were also f?orced to waive face-of-the-franchise Tim Duncan on Monday in the wake of his retirement. San Antonio can stretch the $5.6 million owed to Duncan next season over the course of the next three years and help fill out its first Duncan-less roster since the 1996-97 season. ' ' '