ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- One swing of Evan Longorias bat erased another night of frustration for the Tampa Bay Rays. Longoria hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Padres closer Huston Street on Saturday night, rallying the Rays to an 8-7 victory over San Diego. Street (0-2) retired the first two batters in the ninth before walking Ben Zobrist on a full count. Longoria followed with his ninth home run, handing Street his first blown save in nine tries this season. "You need games like this, whether its myself or anybody coming through in the clutch, to kind of boost morale and jump-start everything," Longoria said. Failing to finish off Zobrist is what bothered Street the most. "You get him 1-2, youve got to make a pitch," he said. "Im frustrated about that just as much as leaving a pitch to Longoria in the middle of the plate." It was the fourth straight win for the Rays, who had to come back after Jesus Guzmans pinch-hit grand slam off Jeremy Hellickson helped San Diego overcame a 6-2 deficit in the seventh. If the Padres had held on, it would have been the 14th game the Rays lost this season after leading. They had lost twice this week after taking big leads into the late innings. "It would have been among the top three worst losses of the year," said manager Joe Maddon, who was uncharacteristically perturbed about another blown lead. "Thats not going to happen very often," Maddon said. "We were fortunate Longo was in the right spot, fortunate that Zo gets it as a hitter. You had all this talent coming together at that particular moment. But you cant go to the dance playing like that. When you get leads, youve got to put the other team away. Im not happy with that. Thats inappropriate. Thats got to stop." Cesar Ramos (1-0) got the win as the Rays moved up to .500 for the first time since April 7. James Loney hit a two-run homer as the Rays roughed up San Diegos Burch Smith in the second inning of his major league debut. The Rays scored six runs on five hits and a couple of walks in the inning and drove Smith out of the game. "I feel the difference between the first and second inning was I was locating the fastball better. The second inning I was leaving pitches over the plate," said Smith. "Hitters at this level are going to take advantage of mistakes. (Ill) come back next time and do better." Hellickson retired 16 straight batters after giving up three hits, including Chase Headleys two-run homer, in the first. Hellickson took a four-run lead into the seventh, when he walked Carlos Quentin to start the Padres rally. After Guzmans slam, Quentin walked again in the same inning, this time with the bases loaded against Jamey Wright to force in the lead run that made it 7-6. "It was a huge blow at the time, but our spirit didnt wane," Longoria said. "We stayed in the game, continued to have good at bats, and were happy to get the results that we did." Smith, a 23-year-old righty called up from Double-A San Antonio, got three quick outs, including a couple of strikeouts in his first inning. But he walked Longoria to lead off the second and Loney followed with his second homer of the season. Smith threw 26 pitches in the inning without getting an out. Tyson Ross finished the inning for the Padres and pitched four shutout innings of relief. Hellickson pitched 6 2-3 innings, giving up six earned runs on six hits while striking out eight. He has had leads in each of his last four starts, but has not won any of them. NOTES: San Diego optioned RHP Brad Boxberger to Triple-A Tucson to open a roster spot for Smith. Boxberger appeared in two games for the Padres. .... 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ATLANTA -- Point guard Ish Smith has the Detroit Pistons talking to each other on the court, moving the ball fluidly and getting stops on defense.The result has been an impressive run against quality opponents.We were just flying around, Smith said. Thats going to be the key for us going forward, just constantly getting better defensively. If we can do that, then well be pretty good.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 23 points, Tobias Harris added 18 and Detroit beat the reeling Atlanta Hawks 121-85 on Friday night.The Pistons, who tied a team record with 17 3-pointers, have won five of six and are 3-1 on a trip that included stops at playoff contenders Oklahoma City, Charlotte and Boston.To win three in a row against three teams ahead of you in the standings, all over .500, on the road, in four days? coach Stan Van Gundy said. Thats a pretty good trip. So now the challenge is dont get full of ourselves.Andre Drummond finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds and Smith had 13 assists as seven players scored in double figures for Detroit.The Hawks, losers in eight of their last nine games, were 9-2 and tied for the Eastern Conference lead after beating Milwaukee on Nov. 16. Now they are one-half game behind eighth-place Detroit and headed to play Toronto, the Easts second-best team, on Saturday.Dennis Schroder had 17 points and 13 assists for Atlanta. Tim Hardaway Jr. and Mike Muscala scored 11 each.Caldwell-Pope had 15 points in the first quarter and finished the first half with 20 points on 8-for-16 shooting, 4 for 5 on 3s. The former University of Georgia standout and former Southeastern Conference player of the year finished 9 for 20 from the field.The outcome was decided early and resembled Atlantas recent blowout losses to New Orleans and Utah.Its been a diffficult run and the Hawks worst stretch of games under coach Mike Budenholzer, now in his fourth season, since they lost 14 of 15 from Feb.dddddddddddd 4-March 8, 2014.The Hawks played their second straight game without leading scorer Paul Millsap, who averages 16.1 points and is sidelined with a left hip injury. But star center Dwight Howard had just two points, took only four shots and was whistled for five fouls.I think as a team weve got to find a balance that we play inside and outside, Schroder said. Weve got to keep moving the ball. We cant throw it into Dwight and he plays 1-on-1. Thats not how we play, but Ive got to do a better job of finding him and getting him more post touches.Atlanta missed 10 straight shots from the field during a stretch in which it trailed 51-32 in the second.The Hawks never led after Caldwell-Pope hit a 3 at the 4:39 mark of the first. Detroit led 58-34 on Drummonds dunk of an alley-oop pass with 2 minutes left in the second.TIP-INSPistons: Two games after hitting 12 3s in Tuesdays win at Charlotte, Detroit was torrid beyond the arc. Jon Leuer, who finished with 16 points, went 4 for 5 on 3s. Caldwell-Pope finished 5 for 8. The team record of 17 3s was first set Dec. 28, 2014, at Cleveland.Hawks: Budenholzer went with his second unit -- Hardaway, Muscala, Malcolm Delany, Taurean Prince and Kris Humphries -- to begin the third quarter. The starters -- Schroder, Howard, Kyle Korver, Thabo Sefolosha and Kent Bazemore -- combined for 20 points on 8-for-28 shooting. They were outrebounded by Detroits starters 24-13 in the first half.UP NEXTPistons: Host Orlando on Sunday.Hawks: Visit Toronto on Saturday. ' ' '