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HOUSTON -- Houston rookie George Springer has had a month to remember. And hes not about to let up. Springer hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Astros extended their winning streak to six with a 3-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Springers shot to left off Preston Guilmet (0-1) extended the rookies hitting streak to 11 games and was his seventh homer in his last seven games. The shot barely got over the left field wall. "I was screaming at it," Springer said. "I was saying Go, go, go and it went. So thank you, baseball." Springers 10 home runs in May extended his Astros rookie record and tied him for the third most long balls by a rookie in May with Jose Canseco, Wally Joyner and Walt Dropo. Mark McGwire set the rookie record for home runs in May with 15 in 1987. "What a guy," Houston manager Bo Porter said of Springer. "Its been pretty impressive. Its fun to watch. Its almost must-see TV." Springer said he was happy to help the Astros continue winning and gave a lot of credit to the man hitting before him in the lineup, Jose Altuve, who had three hits. "The guy thats on base, and its always Jose Altuve," Springer said of his late game poise. "Hes always on base, and with him on base, I understand that hes a threat. With him on base, if they miss, I have to hit it." Springer became the first Astros rookie to hit seven home runs in seven games and first Houston player to do it since Morgan Ensberg in 2006. Ensberg, however, hit his seven home runs over a six-game span. "Hes an exciting player," Porter said. "At any moment, he can change the game with one swing. It doesnt matter if hes 0 for 3 or 3 for 3, he has the ability to impact the game every time he steps into the batters box." Brad Peacock allowed a run on six hits with eight strikeouts in six innings. Peacock, who was scratched prior to his scheduled start May 24 at Seattle with forearm soreness, went six innings for the fifth straight start. Porter said it was the best Peacock had pitched all season. Peacock said it was the best he had felt all year, and he was able to locate his pitches. "I went out there, I wasnt scared," Peacock said. "I threw my fastball, the team came up with some big plays. Springer got the homer and the team got the win. Thats all you can ask for." Josh Fields (1-3) threw two scoreless innings for the win, and Chad Qualls pitched the ninth for his fourth save. Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run on three hits with eight strikeouts in six innings. Jimenez had struggled in his last two outings, allowing 10 runs in nine innings. "I was able to get a little bit deeper in the game and thats always good," Jimenez said. "Hopefully I get deeper than that in my next game. I felt good. I was able to be there for the team." Houston could not take capitalize with runners in scoring position, going 0 for 11 against Jimenez and finishing 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position with the lone hit being Springers home run. Nelson Cruz remained hot, extending his hit streak to 10 games with two hits, including an RBI single in the fourth that tied it at 1. The Orioles losing streak reached three games. "Its not always going to click together," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said of the Orioles inconsistency of late. "Youre hoping one part of the game is good enough to offset another and we have for the most part. I have a lot of confidence that our best baseball is ahead of us. Tonight we just didnt swing the bats well enough Ubaldo deserved a better fate." Jason Castro scored from third on a wild pitch by Jimenez in the second on a close play at the plate to make it 1-0. After a 4 minute, 25 second review, the call was upheld -- Castro was safe. Jimenez, who had loaded the bases with one out on two walks and a single before Castro scored, escaped the inning by inducing groundouts to Robbie Grossman and Jonathan Villar. NOTES: Baltimore right-hander Tommy Hunter, on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 21 with a left groin strain, has been throwing on flat ground for four days and feels good, Showalter said. ... Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, on the 15-day DL since May 11 with a right elbow strain, is expected to start doing light tossing Friday, Showalter said. ... Houston will send lefty Brett Oberholtzer to the mound Friday against Baltimore right-hander Miguel Gonzalez in the annual Major League Baseball Civil Rights Game. There was a roundtable discussion Thursday and there will be a Beacon Awards Luncheon Friday. The Astros will wear the uniform of the Houston Eagles and the Orioles will wear the uniform of the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro Leagues for the game. Andrelton Simmons Angels Jersey . 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Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win.TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have struggled early in games so far this season.But on Friday night, Toronto turned in its most complete performance yet, never trailing in a 103-84 rout of the Washington Wizards that ran its record to 5-1, the best start in Raptors franchise history.I think we played well from start to finish, said Kyle Lowry, who led the way with a triple-double, his club-record fourth with Toronto. We still made some mistakes but I think theres a lot more positives than negatives to take from this game, finally we can say that.Lowry had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on the night to surpass Damon Stoudamire for the most in Raptors history. It was the sixth triple-double of his career.Toronto head coach Dwane Casey said it was clear his players understood they needed better starts.Our guys are professionals. Theyre smart players. Theyre mature. Theyre playoff battled, ready, so they should understand how important the start of the game is, Casey said. Over the long run, they understand that we cant start games the way weve been starting them.Now, we have to make a habit of the way we started the game tonight.Toronto opened a 5-0 lead early in the first quarter and never looked back against the Wizards (4-2). The Raptors led 28-18 after 12 minutes, 59-35 at the half and by as much as 28 points in the second half.With the victory, before a sellout crowd of 19,800 at Air Canada Centre, Toronto moved into a first-place tie with the Chicago Bulls atop the NBAs Eastern Conference. Washington is a game back.The Raptors held the Wizards to just 31 per cent shooting from the field in the first quarter and 28 per cent in the opening half in winning their third straight game. Washington shot just 36 per cent on the night, includding just 16 per cent from three-point range, where they missed their first 10 shots.ddddddddddddThe game was the Raptors first of a franchise-record seven-game home stand.The defence that we had tonight was a lot like us last year, and that is where we have to perform, Casey said. It starts in the first quarter. Weve been getting that in the second, third and fourth quarters, but finally tonight we were not Seabiscuit we were Secretariat. So, that was the difference.DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors in scoring with 25 points, one of four Toronto players in double figures.This is the way we have to be all year, DeRozan said. We have to rely on our defence and the offence will come.If we play that way defensively every night we will be fine.The Raptors led 59-35 at halftime and continued to pour it on early in the third quarter.DeRozans basket at 2:58 of the quarter widened the Toronto lead to 28 points at 63-45.The Wizards went on a 10-0 run over the next 1:49 but never seriously threatened to make it a game.Kris Humphries had 11 points for the Wizards while Marcin Gortat pulled down 10 rebounds.On a night the Raptors wore their throwback purple jerseys and held the first of seven 20th anniversary celebrations this season, the only blemish was that forward Amir Johnson, who missed the previous three games with a sore left ankle, went to Torontos locker-room early in the second half. He did not return.Im good, Johnson said after the game, his ankle in a tensor bandage. I didnt roll it or re-injure it or anything. It was just a precaution thing.I think I gave it all I got, played 22 minutes and it got a little sore, so I sat out the rest of the game.The Raptors continue their home stand Sunday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. ' ' '