Evan Longoria homered and drove in four runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays snap a three-game skid with a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.

Carl Crawford finished with three hits and two stolen bases and Ben Zobrist had an RBI and scored a pair of runs for Tampa Bay, who improved to 14-4 on the road.

Jeff Niemann (3-0) allowed one run on six hits and struck out four over 7 1/3 innings to keep his record unblemished.

Tampa Bay (22-10) jumped to an early 3-0 lead before tagging on three more in the seventh.

Crawford led off the seventh frame with a single, Zobrist was walked and Longoria followed with a home run.

Los Angeles starter Scott Kazmir (2-3) was dealt the loss, surrendering three runs on seven hits in five innings of work.

The Angels (15-19) broke the shutout with a pair of runs in the eighth on Torii Hunter’s RBI single and Hideki Matsui’s bases-loaded walk.