BALTIMORE -- For six innings, Cole Hamels dominated the Baltimore Orioles.Unfortunately for the Texas Rangers, his impressive run began after the left-hander got off to an uncharacteristically poor start.Hamels gave up three first-inning runs, and that -- along with a strong outing by Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman -- was enough to provide Baltimore with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.Matt Wieters had two RBI for the Orioles, whose 39-16 record at home is the best in the majors. Baltimore will seek to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday in a series between first-place teams.Baltimore took control by using three hits and two walks to jump out to a 3-1 lead.You want to be able to go out there and get ahead, Hamels said. Sometimes you are not able to find it in that first inning and that will definitely cost you. More times than not, you can try to scratch out a win, but its definitely my fault, with not being able to establish a strike zone in those key situations.After the shaky first inning, Hamels (12-3) retired 13 of the next 14 batters without allowing a hit. He ended up giving up three runs, four hits and four walks over seven innings.Not bad, but not good enough.Hamels was 7-1 in his previous 11 starts and 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA since the All-Star break.Carlos Beltran homered in his second game with Texas since being obtained in a trade with the Yankees on Monday. New catcher Jonathan Lucroy also picked up his first RBI with the Rangers, and closer Jeremy Jeffress -- obtained in the trade with Milwaukee that landed Lucroy -- spent the night in the Texas bullpen after arriving earlier in the day.After Beltran hit his 23rd homer in the first inning, Baltimore took the lead for good in the bottom half. Mark Trumbo hit an RBI groundout and Wieters added a two-run single for a 3-1 lead.Lucroy delivered an RBI single in the second to get Texas within a run, but neither team scored again.Gausman (3-8) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings, striking out seven and walking one. The right-hander had won only two of his 18 starts this season and was coming off a horrid outing in which he allowed three homers and six runs over three innings at Toronto.And still, he was good enough to outpitch Hamels.You can give in to what conventionality says it should be like, or you can compete and look at it as an opportunity to present yourself real well, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.Showalter summed up the victory succinctly: It wasnt like we beat (Hamels) up or anything. We had one shot at it and we took advantage of it. And our pitching made it hold up.Darren ODay worked a perfect eighth and Zach Britton finished for his 33rd save in 33 tries.Gausman -- like the Orioles -- seems to perform better at home. Hes 0-7 on the road but has won his last three starts at Camden Yards.I just feel comfortable pitching here, Gausman said.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: OF Shin-Soo Choo (lower back inflammation) hopes to be activated from the DL on Thursday. Everything feels like normal, he said. I feel like I can help this team.Orioles: Rookie OF Joey Rickard (thumb) wont be available before September. I think well get him back sometime this year, Showalter said. Its just a matter of how quickly.UP NEXTRangers: A.J. Griffin (4-1, 3.99 ERA) faces the Orioles for the first time since 2013 in the series finale Thursday night. Texas is 9-4 in his 13 starts.Orioles: Wade Miley (7-8, 4.98) makes his debut with the Orioles. 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He hit a 2-2 slider down in the zone into right-center to clear the bases and give Chicago a 5-4 lead.Rizzo had some hits against Smith in the past, and hes also struck him out him out a bunch. Its a big spot in the game, for sure, manager Craig Counsell said. But Im not taking Will out. Thats his hitter.A key member of the Brewers bullpen for three seasons, Smith had a 1.93 ERA going into Sunday. The ERA ballooned to 3.86 after Smith failed to record an out while giving up five runs on three hits, a walk and an error.The blown lead overshadowed another solid start by 31-year-old rookie Guerra, who allowed five hits, four walks and one unearned run over 6 1/3 innings.Maybe his stuff wasnt quite as crisp as its been in the past, and still, he did everything he possibly needed to do to have a good game, Counsell said.BRINGING THE HEATThe Brewers left the retractable roof at Miller Park open on a sticky afternoon, with the game-time temperature at 90 degrees. The contest lasted more than 4 hours.ddddddddddddIt was very hot, kind of reminded me of playing in Venezuela, Guerra said through an interpreter. But youve just got to find a way to make an adjustment and throw strikes.SWIPE CITYThe Brewers built a 4-0 lead, stealing six bases in a game for the first time since May 13, 2013. Ryan Braun and Jonathan Villar each had two steals off Lester by the bottom of the second.COMEBACKThe rally made a winner of reliever Joe Nathan in his first game in the majors since April 2015. He was activated off the 60-day disabled list earlier Sunday, completing his comeback from Tommy John surgery.Nathan gave up a leadoff triple to Villar in the sixth and a walk before striking out 3-4-5 hitters Braun, Jonathan Lucroy and Chris Carter.It was opening day for me today, and the adrenaline was ... through the roof. It was almost too much, Nathan said.Ben Zobrists RBI single scored Rizzo in the seventh and gave the Cubs a needed insurance run after closer Hector Rondon gave up a homer to Kirk Nieuwenhuis with two outs in the ninth to draw Milwaukee within a run.Rondon struck out Jake Elmore looking for his 18th save.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: Will Middlebrooks left the game before the top of the fourth a lower right leg strain. The third baseman popped out in the bottom of the third.UP NEXT:Brewers: Chase Anderson (4-10) opens a four-game series against his former club, the Arizona Diamondbacks. The righty has struggled over his past six outings, going 0-4 with a 9.13 ERA. ' ' '