Kazmir, Devil Rays beat reeling Tigers

Scott Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings, Carl Crawford homered and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 Thursday to win consecutive road games for the first time in nearly two months.

Kazmir (9-7) gave up three hits, struck out seven and walked one. He pitched out of a two-on jam in the fourth by striking out Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen, then retiring Ivan Rodriguez on a grounder.

Before beating the Tigers 7-1 on Wednesday, Tampa Bay had lost eight straight road games and 19 of 21, and had not won back-to-back games away from home since June 17-18 against Colorado and Arizona.

Detroit split the four-game series against the team with the worst record in the major leagues (44-70) and has lost six of its last eight. The defending AL champions are 11-17 since the All-Star break.

Jeremy Bonderman (10-5) dropped his fourth straight start, giving up seven runs and 10 hits in six innings. He has allowed 23 runs in his last three outings.

He's not Detroit's only faltering pitcher: Tigers starters have won just once in the team's last 22 games.

Crawford was 3-for-4 with the homer and two doubles for the Devil Rays. He is hitting .433 since the All-Star break and also is the major leagues' best hitter in day games (.417).

Bonderman, frequently dogged by shaky opening innings this season, walked three during a 30-pitch first but allowed just one run, on Delmon Young's two-out bloop single. Bonderman then struck out Ben Zobrist with the bases loaded.

Crawford extended his hitting streak to 10 games in the fifth inning with a two-run homer, and Zobrist hit an RBI double in the sixth that made it 4-0.

Bonderman gave up three straight hits starting the seventh and was chased by B.J. Upton's run-scoring single. Young and Greg Norton hit RBI singles off Tim Byrdak, and Zobrist's sacrifice fly made it 8-0.

Omar Infante singled home Detroit's only run in the seventh off Gary Glover.

Notes:@ Morning showers delayed the start by 28 minutes. ... Crawford stole his AL-leading 37th base in the first. ... A crowd of 38,789 sent the Tigers over 2 million in home attendance mark for a team-record third straight season.