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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tampa Bays offence has sputtered at times this season. Anthony Munoz Jersey . For some reason, though, the Rays havent had any problems figuring out All-Star Matt Harrison. Evan Longoria homered twice, Tampa Bay roughed up Harrison and the Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. The Rays are the lowest-scoring team in the American League and have lost four 1-0 games since Aug. 5 -- including one Tuesday night. But Tampa Bay found its stride against Harrison, who was coming off one of the best starts of his career. "Our hitters have a decent history against him," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "I think its one of those things where our guys see him pretty well. And perhaps he doesnt see them that well." Harrison (15-8) allowed seven runs and 12 hits in 5 1-3 innings. The Rays have scored 14 runs with 26 hits in two starts against Harrison, who was looking to tie for the league lead in wins. "We knew we had to jump out fast," said B.J. Upton, who hit a three-run homer in the second that put the Rays on top 6-0. "We did that and kind of kept our foot down after that." After dropping the last two against the AL West-leading Rangers by one run, the Rays avoided the three-game sweep. Tampa Bay had scored only 11 runs during their losing skid before breaking out for 16 hits against Texas. Longoria hit a two-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the ninth. Elliot Johnson added a solo blast in the sixth. Jeff Keppinger went 4 for 5 and Ben Zobrist had three hits for the Rays. Jake McGee (5-2) pitched a perfect sixth and five Tampa Bay relievers combined for 4 1-3 scoreless innings. Since July 19, the Rays bullpen has posted a 0.76 ERA in 106 innings. "Our pen was great once again," Maddon said. "Thats who we are." Josh Hamilton hit his 36th home run for Texas, a solo shot that brought Texas to 6-4 in the fifth. The Rangers wrapped up a 7-3 homestand and have a 4 1/2-game lead over Oakland in the AL West. "If we can continue to win series, well be right where we want to be," Texas manager Ron Washington said. Harrison gave up seven runs and a career-high 14 hits in an 8-4 loss to the Rays on April 27. The left-hander struggled again against Tampa Bay on Wednesday night, giving up six runs and a pair of home runs by the second inning. He took a no-hitter into the seventh and permitted two hits in eight shutout innings in his last outing Friday night against Minnesota. "I put us in a big hole early in the game," Harrison said. "I didnt give us a chance" Zobrists RBI double in the first snapped a 13-inning scoreless drought. Longoria drove a 3-1 fastball from Harrison 409 feet to centre. The two-run shot extended Tampa Bays lead to 3-0. Longoria is 6 for 9 with three home runs against Harrison in the regular season. In the second inning, Sam Fuld tripled with one out and Desmond Jennings walked to set the stage for Upton. After Texas pitching coach Mike Maddux visited Harrison, Upton lined a fastball into the seats in left for his 16th home run of the season. Johnson led off the sixth with a home run and Harrison was chased out of the game two batters later. It was the first time Harrison allowed three home runs in a game since April 21, 2010 against Boston. Texas Mitch Moreland hit a two-run homer in the second, his 15th of the season. Nelson Cruzs RBI groundout got the Rangers to within 6-3. Hamiltons 424-foot shot landed in the upper deck in right and gave him 112 RBIs, which leads the majors. Rays starter Alex Cobb allowed eight hits and four runs in 4 2-3 innings. Notes: Tampa Bay OF Matt Joyce, who left Tuesdays nights game with a strained left forearm, was not in the lineup. Maddon said Joyce might be available Thursday night at Toronto. ... 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"He was struggling a little early," Leyland said. "He left a couple pitches with two strikes up in some hittable spots. He wasnt real sharp early, but he settled in and pitched well." The Pirates got all their runs in the first two innings off Fister (1-4), who was coming off his first win of the season. Neil Walker followed Alex Presleys leadoff double with an RBI single in the first, and Walker scored when Garrett Jones grounded into a double play. The Pirates added two unearned runs in the second after Pedro Alvarez and Barajas led off the inning with consecutive singles. With one out, Burnett -- who broke an orbital bone during a bunting competition in spring training -- laid down an attempted sacrifice. Fister fielded the ball and tried for the lead runner at third. His throw sailed into left field, where Delmon Young couldnt handle it cleanly. Two errors were charged on the play in which two runs scored. "We probably turned what would have been a third-to-first double play into two runs, which was obviously a no-no for us," Leyland said. "And we couldnt overcome it. We didnt swing the bats very well, and of course Burnett was good." "I just let it sail a little bit and unfortunately didnt hit him," said Fister, who allowed eight hits and a walk and had seven strikeouts. "The throwing error, thats unacceptable, and thats going be addressed." Fister reported no pain or physical issues in his second start in three weeks due to a side strain. Burnett (8-2) pitched six shutout innings to win his seventh consecutive start, allowing two hits and three walks and struck out four to extend his streak of starts that resulted in victories to the longest for a Pirates pitcher in 38 years. Doc Ellis won eight consecutive outings in 1974. "He relied a lot on his experience, a lot on his catcher and a lot on making pitches," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said of Burnett. "He got ahead in counts, theyd run it back to three balls then hed find a way to get outs. Geno Atkins White Jersey. He kept them from scoring, kept them from crossing the plate and you cant ask for more than that." Andrew McCutchen went 3-for-4 to improve his batting average to .346 and Rod Barajas added two hits for the Pirates (37-32), who matched a season high by going five games over .500. Ramon Santiago had an RBI double for the Tigers, who had won four of five. Detroit missed a chance to move back to .500 for the first time since being 18-18 on May 15. Detroit managed a mere three baserunners against Burnett over the first five innings but the first two batters of the sixth reached when Austin Jackson singled and Quintin Berry walked. Slugger Miguel Cabrera worked Burnett into a full count but grounded into a double play on the eighth pitch of the at-bat. Burnett improved to 5-0 at home this season, allowing six earned runs in 48 2-3 innings at PNC Park (1.11 ERA). He had losing records pitching for playoff teams in New York the past two seasons but is on pace to threaten the career-high 18 victories he had for Toronto in 2008, when Barajas was his catcher. "Its good to be able to work with him again," Barajas said. "We had a great relationship in Toronto and hes back to pitching the way he did there." Pittsburgh has won 10 of its past 12 games against AL teams, allowing an average of less than three runs over that time. Tony Watson struck out Jackson to end the seventh, Jason Grilli worked a perfect eighth and Joel Hanrahan had two strikeouts in retiring the side in the ninth for his 18th save in 20 opportunities. Detroit scored in the seventh when Jhonny Peralta and Santiago hit consecutive doubles off reliever Jared Hughes. The run allowed the Tigers to extend their club record streak of not being shut out to 138 games. Notes: According to STATS LLC, Giants RHP Matt Cain is the only other pitcher in the majors this season to win at least seven straight starts. Cain has a current streak of eight wins in as many outings. ... Burnett won seven consecutive decisions July 19-Aug. 19, 2005, as a member of the Florida Marlins. ... Leyland said RHP Jose Valverde (wrist) was feeling "much better" Friday but that the closer still was not 100 per cent. Valverde, who has not pitched since June 15, was to play catch Saturday. ... RHP Max Scherzer starts for the Tigers on Saturday against RHP Brad Lincoln. Scherzer had 15 strikeouts in a 4-3 win against Pittsburgh May 20. ' ' '