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BALTIMORE -- Cole Hamels left himself vulnerable for only an instant, and the Baltimore Orioles quickly took advantage of his very rare lapse.Using a three-run first inning and a solid pitching performance from Kevin Gausman, the Orioles beat Hamels and the Texas Rangers 3-2 on 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.The Orioles took control by using three hits and two walks to jump out to a 3-1 lead in the first inning. Hamels (12-3) steadied himself after that, but by then Baltimore had all the offense it needed.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.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.After his rocky first inning, Hamels retired 13 of the next 14 batters without allowing a hit. The lefty gave up three runs, four hits and four walks over seven innings.We saw Cole settle down and he was extremely efficient after that, Texas manager Jeff Banister said.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 there was no more scoring by either team.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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A head knock forced Brisbanes Queensland winger Corey Oates off the field but Wayne Bennett might be nursing the biggest headache after the Broncos record 48-6 NRL loss to Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium.Only days out from Queenslands State of Origin III team being named, Oates lasted barely 20 minutes in Friday nights Storm try-scoring blitz which included a Suliasi Vunivalu hat-trick.Centre Cheyse Blair bagged a double as Melbourne inflicted Brisbanes biggest home loss in front of 44,519 fans.Oates came off second best with try-bound centre Ryan Morgan in the 18th minute and was soon escorted from the field in a concern for Queensland selectors.They name their Origin III team on Monday.However, Bennett might have the biggest worry with an injury-hit Brisbane suffering their sixth loss in eight games.Oates joined a Broncos injury list that already boasted Jordan Kahu, Jack Reed, Greg Eden and Tom Opacic.Then there is their defence.Brisbane have conceded 88 points in their past two games.Melbourne halfback Cooper Cronk inspired the Storms 10th win from 11 games in Brisbane, setting up five of their eight tries.Fijian flyer Vunivalu took his league-leading try tally to 16 from just 10 games.Melbourne have won 10 of their past 11 games against Brisbane including six straight at Suncorp.Somehow it could have been worse for Brisbane.Damaging fullback Cameron Munster failed to overcome an ankle complaint but Blake Green returned to pivot after missing three weeks with a calf injury.MMelbourne led 30-6 at halftime albeit after a slice of luck.ddddddddddddReplays showed Vunivalu appeared offside and impeded Kori Nikorima before pouncing on a Cronk kick in the 22nd minute.Five minutes later, officials missed Marika Koroibetes foot on the sideline in the build-up to Cheyse Blairs try.Brisbanes Kodi Nikorima dislocated his shoulder in the first half but played on as he tried to patch up a reshuffled backline.The diminutive bench utility was slotted first onto the wing and then at fullback but could not stop Melbourne taking full advantage of Oates absence, terrorising Brisbanes left edge.They (Storm) were very good. Thats all I can say but we knew that, Bennett said.We got the injury and they exploited that - there wasnt much we could do to fix it.Bennett played down Origin fears for Oates.Hes conscious now. Hes fine. He will be right in 10 days time or so (for Origin III on July 13), he said.Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy was just as surprised as anyone by the scoreline.I dont think anyone saw that coming. Its a bit surreal, he said.But Brisbane have too many quality players and too good a culture not to bounce back.Bellamy said the prognosis did not look good for forward Jordan McLean (ankle) who lasted 25 minutes on Friday night.He expected Munster to return to action in their next match against Newcastle on July 17 after a bye. ' ' '