TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — J.P. Crawford had three hits and three RBIs and the Seattle Mariners snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon at George Steinbrenner Field.

Crawford, who entered the game mired in a 3-for-16 slump over his previous four contests, doubled twice and singled. His two-run double in the second inning broke the game open, and he added an RBI double in the ninth to cap Seattle’s scoring. The Mariners, who had lost the first two games of the series by a combined 13-3 margin, improved to 48-49. The Rays fell to 56-38.

Seattle struck first in the top of the second inning. Josh Naylor singled off Rays starter Ian Seymour, and Mitch Garver walked. Cole Young followed with a sharp single to right field, loading the bases. Victor Robles then lifted a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cedric Mullins, scoring Naylor for a 1-0 lead. Garver moved to third on the play.

After Weston Wilson struck out, Buddy Kennedy walked to load the bases again. Crawford then laced a double to left field, driving in Garver and Young and sending Kennedy to third. The rally gave Seattle a 3-0 advantage.

The Mariners blew the game open in the fourth inning. After Victor Robles struck out to start the frame, Weston Wilson launched a solo home run to left field, his second of the season, making it 4-0. Buddy Kennedy reached on a fielding error by third baseman Junior Caminero, and Crawford singled to put runners at first and second.

Seattle left fielder Randy Arozarena then delivered the decisive blow, crushing an 11th home run of the season to right-center field. The three-run shot scored Kennedy and Crawford, pushing the lead to 7-0.

Seattle starter Emerson Hancock worked the first 1 2/3 innings, allowing no hits and striking out two before giving way to Nick Davila. Davila tossed two scoreless innings, yielding just one hit, and was followed by a parade of relievers. Gabe Speier pitched a perfect inning. Eduard Bazardo recorded two outs in the eighth but allowed a single to Yandy Díaz before being lifted.

José A. Ferrer entered with one out in the eighth and inherited a runner on first. He promptly surrendered a two-run home run to first baseman Jonathan Aranda, who deposited a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall to cut Seattle’s lead to 7-2. It was Aranda’s 14th homer of the season. Ferrer recovered to strike out Caminero and induce a lineout from Mullins and a groundout from Chandler Simpson to end the inning. Ferrer finished with 1 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs while striking out two. He improved to 2-1 with the victory.

Andrés Muñoz pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two, to seal the win.

Seattle added an insurance run in the top of the ninth against Rays reliever Craig Kimbrel. With one out, Buddy Kennedy doubled to left field. Crawford followed with his second double of the game, a ground ball to right field that scored Kennedy to make it 8-2. Kimbrel struck out Arozarena and walked Cal Raleigh and Josh Naylor to load the bases, but Garver lined out to center to end the inning.

The Rays managed only four hits in the game against six Seattle pitchers. Yandy Díaz collected two singles, and Aranda’s homer accounted for the only runs. Tampa Bay starter Ian Seymour took the loss, falling to 6-2. He allowed seven runs, four earned, on six hits over 3 1/3 innings, walking three and striking out three.

Seattle’s bullpen was effective beyond Ferrer. Chris Roycroft, who entered in the fourth, threw three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out three. Emerson Hancock, Nick Davila, Gabe Speier, Ferrer and Muñoz combined to hold Tampa Bay to one hit over the final 5 1/3 innings after Roycroft exited.

The Mariners outhit the Rays 9-4. Arozarena finished 1-for-5 with the home run and three RBIs. Crawford was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Buddy Kennedy doubled and scored twice. For Tampa Bay, Aranda was 1-for-3 with the homer and two RBIs.

The game was played in 2 hours, 51 minutes before an announced crowd of 24,297.

Seattle will return home to host the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series starting Friday. Tampa Bay travels to Boston for a four-game set against the Red Sox beginning Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Tampa Bay 6, Seattle 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Rays a 54.70 percent probability to win. Tampa Bay had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 10 went under the over/under line of 7.5.