ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Desmond Jennings had a two-run single during a four-run fourth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays snapped a club-record 31-inning scoring drought en route to beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 Wednesday night.Tampa Bay, which won for just the second time in 16 games, had been shut out in its previous three games. The Rays had scored 35 runs over the previous 15 games. 
Yadier Molina had two RBIs for the Cardinals, who entered with three consecutive shutout pitching performances.The Rays' big fourth inning came against Michael Wacha (4-5).Matt Joyce had an RBI single, with a second run scoring when center fielder Peter Bourjos was charged with an error for misplaying the hit. After Wacha walked Yunel Escobar and Ryan Hanigan to load the bases, Jennings drove in two with a single.Wacha allowed four runs, four hits and four walks in five innings. St. Louis pitchers had a scoreless streak of 30 innings end.Bourjos was robbed of an extra-base hit with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth when right fielder Kevin Kiermaier made a full-extension diving catch on a liner.Tampa Bay extended its lead to 6-3 in the seventh on Evan Longoria's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by James Loney.Molina hit a two-run third-inning single before Matt Carpenter put the Cardinals ahead 3-0 on a run-scoring single in the fourth.Rays starter Erik Bedard lasted just four innings, giving up three runs and eight hits. The left-hander entered with the best ERA (2.51) all-time in interleague play with at least 25 starts.Juan Carlos Oviedo (2-2) went 1 1/3 inning for the win. Grant Balfour threw the final 2 1/3 innings for his 10th save.
Yadier Molina had two RBIs for the Cardinals, who entered with three consecutive shutout pitching performances.The Rays' big fourth inning came against Michael Wacha (4-5).Matt Joyce had an RBI single, with a second run scoring when center fielder Peter Bourjos was charged with an error for misplaying the hit. After Wacha walked Yunel Escobar and Ryan Hanigan to load the bases, Jennings drove in two with a single.Wacha allowed four runs, four hits and four walks in five innings. St. Louis pitchers had a scoreless streak of 30 innings end.Bourjos was robbed of an extra-base hit with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth when right fielder Kevin Kiermaier made a full-extension diving catch on a liner.Tampa Bay extended its lead to 6-3 in the seventh on Evan Longoria's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by James Loney.Molina hit a two-run third-inning single before Matt Carpenter put the Cardinals ahead 3-0 on a run-scoring single in the fourth.Rays starter Erik Bedard lasted just four innings, giving up three runs and eight hits. The left-hander entered with the best ERA (2.51) all-time in interleague play with at least 25 starts.Juan Carlos Oviedo (2-2) went 1 1/3 inning for the win. Grant Balfour threw the final 2 1/3 innings for his 10th save.
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