ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Nathan Karns took a shutout into the eighth inning, pinch hitter Brandon Guyer had a three-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 Friday night.Texas had won four in a row.Karns (2-1) allowed two hits through seven scoreless innings before Adam Rosales homered to lead off the eighth. Karns struck out a career-high nine.Yovani Gallardo (2-5) lost his fourth straight start, giving up four runs and three hits in 5 1-3 innings. 
Evan Longoria hit an RBI single that finished Gallardo in the sixth. Reliever Alex Claudio threw only one pitch in the game, and Guyer sent it into the left-field seats for the first pinch-hit homer of his career and a 5-0 lead.Longoria was the designated hitter, one day after his streak of playing in 270 consecutive games ended due to flu-like symptoms.The Rangers rallied to score twice in the eighth. After Rosales homered, Texas loaded the bases with no outs before Xavier Cedeno struck out Prince Fielder.Adrian Beltre cut the Rangers' deficit to 5-2 with a sacrifice fly to the center-field warning track off Kevin Jepsen. A walk reloaded bases, and Jepsen struck out Carlos Peguero to end the inning.Tim Beckham had a sacrifice fly and Jake Elmore hit an RBI single in the Rays' three-run eighth.David DeJesus put the Rays up 1-0 with a home run in the second. It was his second homer in 15 at-bats off Gallardo.
Evan Longoria hit an RBI single that finished Gallardo in the sixth. Reliever Alex Claudio threw only one pitch in the game, and Guyer sent it into the left-field seats for the first pinch-hit homer of his career and a 5-0 lead.Longoria was the designated hitter, one day after his streak of playing in 270 consecutive games ended due to flu-like symptoms.The Rangers rallied to score twice in the eighth. After Rosales homered, Texas loaded the bases with no outs before Xavier Cedeno struck out Prince Fielder.Adrian Beltre cut the Rangers' deficit to 5-2 with a sacrifice fly to the center-field warning track off Kevin Jepsen. A walk reloaded bases, and Jepsen struck out Carlos Peguero to end the inning.Tim Beckham had a sacrifice fly and Jake Elmore hit an RBI single in the Rays' three-run eighth.David DeJesus put the Rays up 1-0 with a home run in the second. It was his second homer in 15 at-bats off Gallardo.
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