BALTIMORE -- On a night when Baltimore struggled to get hits against Texas young right-hander making his first major league start, the Orioles simply stayed patient and eventually broke through against the Rangers bullpen. Adam Jones and Ryan Flaherty hit solo homers and Baltimore beat Texas for the third consecutive game, 6-4 on Wednesday. The Rangers have lost eight consecutive road games, their longest drought since 2005. Baltimore stayed within one game of first-place Toronto, which beat Milwaukee 7-4, earlier Wednesday. The Orioles (45-39) moved six games over .500, equaling a season-high. "That was really impressive," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "That was one of the more impressive things Ive seen, to be able to bring that intensity into a game like that. The whole group, I was real proud of them tonight." The game was delayed 1 hour and 38 minutes because of rain in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jones hit his 16th home run of the season and had three RBIs. Flaherty, who started at third base in place of the suspended Manny Machado, hit his fourth homer of the season and also made several nice defensive plays. Baltimore has homered in 12 consecutive games. Orioles right-hander Brad Brach (2-0) entered in the sixth and earned the victory by throwing 1 1-3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Zach Britton earned his 11th save with a perfect ninth. Texas Miles Mikolas was effective in his first major league start. He allowed three runs and three hits with four strikeouts and two walks over 5 1-3 innings. Texas (37-47) has used 11 starting pitchers this year, most in the American League. The Rangers have lost 13 of their past 16 games. "It was a lot of fun being out there," Mikolas said. "I thought I pitched a pretty good game up until the fifth. Then, I had some trouble with some walks. Things kind of didnt go our way after that." Staked to a 4-1 lead, Mikolas walked Nick Markakis and Steve Pearce with one out in the sixth. Jason Frasor entered and allowed a sacrifice fly to Jones and an RBI single to Nelson Cruz. He then walked Chris Davis before allowing a game-tying RBI single to J.J. Hardy. Flaherty provided the Orioles with their first lead, 5-4, hammering an offering from Neal Cotts (2-5) onto the flag court behind right field to lead off the seventh. Jones added an insurance run that inning with a two-out single. "Its sum of the parts for sure," Flaherty said. "It cant be the same guys every night. And its an opportunity for other guys to get in there and try to contribute and help the team win." After winning his previous two starts, Baltimore right hander Chris Tillman struggled most of the game. He allowed four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits with two strikeouts and four walks over 5 2-3 innings. Texas took a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out RBI single by Alex Rios. In 18 starts, Tillman has given up 16 runs in the first inning. "It was a grind," Tillman said. "It wasnt good. I made some pitches when I had to. I had some stuff. I was consistently behind in the count. You have to make pitches on a consistent basis." Cruz, who leads the majors with 26 homers, appeared to tie the game with a towering shot in the bottom half of that inning before Leonys Martin made a leaping catch over the fence in centre field. "That was awesome," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He beat the ball to the fence, timed it perfectly and brought it back. Nelson can just swipe the ball in this ballpark and it will go a long ways." The Rangers added three runs in the next inning on a two-run double by Adrian Beltre and a run-scoring grounder by Rios that bounced of Tillmans lower leg. Jones homer in the fourth pulled the Orioles within 4-1. NOTES: Baltimore RHP Bud Norris (right groin strain) threw a bullpen session Wednesday and will throw again Friday. 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One day after Barcelonas 4-3 win at Real Madrid featured three penalties, referees again dominated a wide-open game that saw Almeria ultimately move out of the relegation zone and one point ahead of Getafe which took its place.CLEVELAND - LeBron James began the day by missing the morning shootaround because of a cold. A loss to the struggling Denver Nuggets didnt make him feel any better.Ty Lawson scored 24 points, Arron Afflalo added 23 and the Nuggets ended Clevelands four-game winning streak with a 106-97 victory Monday night.James led the Cavaliers with 22 points, but Denver took the lead for good early in the third quarter and was up by as many as 14 midway through the fourth.They were the more desperate team and thats why they walked out with a win, James said. I felt OK, good enough to go out and help the team win, and as a group we didnt have it.The Nuggets limped into the game having lost seven of eight and were coming off Sundays defeat at New York in which they made one field goal in the second quarter.Denver looked like a different team Monday, placing five players in double figures. Leading 90-84, the Nuggets scored eight straight points and went ahead 98-84 on Lawsons layup with 6:01 to play.Nuggets coach Brian Shaw praised his teams effort.I told the guys before the game, were under fire in a lot of different ways, but no matter what, we have to stick together in this room, he said. People are attacking us from everywhere. The only way we can shut everybody up is through our actions on the floor. This was our biggest win of the year so far. It might not have been a big game for them, but it was a big game for us.Cleveland, which hit its first 11 3-pointers Saturday against Atlanta, failed to reach 100 points for the first time in six games despite having four players score 20 or more.While some observers thought the Cavaliers would breeze through games on a nightly basis, James has said since training camp it would take time for them to come together. Cleveland lost three of four to start the season before its winning streak.Weve got to play with our back against the wall every game, he said. I think we felt good about a four-game winning streak. You have a team that hasnt been playing well this year come into your building and think its going to be a cakewalk and thats what happens.James told reporters an hour before the opening tip that Ive been better, but Im walking. He said the cold has been bothering him for a couple of days.dddddddddddd He was 8 for 18 from the field with nine rebounds and five assists.Timofey Mozgov had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Denver. Darrell Arthur scored 14 and Wilson Chandler added 12.Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters each scored 20 points for the Cavs.Clevelands winning streak began with a 110-101 victory in Denver on Nov. 7, but this matchup was a different story. Afflalo was scoreless in 31 minutes in that game and Lawson didnt play because of an ankle injury.When you play a high-profile team, you focus a little more as a group, said Afflalo, who set a season high for points. It wasnt hard to get up for this one.Cavaliers coach David Blatt wasnt surprised the Nuggets put together a strong performance.I knew going into this game that this was a dangerous game, he said. I made that point when we walked in the locker room this morning.Travelling MANNuggets small forward Alonzo Gee played the last four seasons with the Cavaliers before being traded to Charlotte on July 27. He also spent time with New Orleans, Houston and Sacramento in the off-season before signing with Denver. Gee is averaging 3.8 points in eight games.ANOTHER AWARDJames was selected the Eastern Conference player of the week for a record 46th time Monday.It means, first of all, that youre winning, and Im happy to be a part of a team that wins, he said. Any time Im awarded that award its very humbling.Blatt said: It just speaks to the true definition of greatness, which is consistency, things that you over and over do well on a consistent basis.TIP-INSNuggets: Kenneth Faried, who came in averaging 7.9 rebounds, had one. ... F J.J. Hickson (right knee) was inactive. The team is holding him out of back-to-back games following reconstructive surgery on his right anterior cruciate ligament.Cavaliers: Waiters scored 16 points in the final 15 minutes. ... The Cavaliers recalled rookie C Alex Kirk from Canton of the NBA Development League. ... Six of Clevelands next seven games are at home.UP NEXTNuggets: Return home Wednesday to play Oklahoma City.Cavaliers: Complete a three-game homestand Wednesday against NBA champion San Antonio. James will face the Spurs for the first time since they beat Miami in last seasons Finals. ' ' '