OAKLAND, Calif. -- The All-Star break turned out to be the perfect remedy for Oaklands ailing offence. Now the Athletics are the hottest hitting team in baseball and not even Tampa Bays top three pitchers could slow them down. Hideki Matsui and Ryan Sweeney both homered as part of a nine-run fourth inning and the suddenly resurgent As beat the Rays 13-4 on Wednesday night. "Its about believing and starting over in the second half and trying to put the first half behind you," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "Weve kept preaching as a staff that we feel like were a good offensive team, no matter what the numbers looked like in first half." The As had a season-high 17 hits, with every starter getting at least one while seven scored. Matsui was 3 for 5 with five RBIs, Jemile Weeks had three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored, and Scott Sizemore added two hits and two RBIs to lead the As to their third straight win over the Rays. Sweeney had three hits and scored twice -- both times in the fourth when Oakland broke the game open. "I think weve always had good hitters," Sweeney said. "Right now everybodys hitting so everybodys feeding off each other. Hopefully we can still come back and be in this thing somehow." That might be tough since Oakland remained 11 1/2 games behind Texas in the AL West. Still, the outlook is a lot more encouraging than it was two weeks ago when the As were swept by Texas in a four-game series just before the All-Star break. Trevor Cahill went 7 1-3 innings with six strikeouts for his first win in more than a month, benefiting from Oaklands best offensive output of the season. The Rays, who broke one of baseballs oldest records when they played their 705th consecutive game with a starting pitcher younger than 30 years old, lost for the 11th time in 15 games. "We just dont hit anything," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Were flat. And when you dont hit, it gives a team a flatness. The last two nights for us have not been good games for us. The hitting is just not there." It is for the As. Conor Jackson and Sweeney both scored twice in the fourth when the As, who lead the majors in batting since the All-Star break, sent 12 men to the plate in the inning to chase starter James Shields (9-9). Matsui, who went 5 for 5 in a 7-5 loss to the Yankees on Sunday, hit an RBI double in the third, homered in the fourth and had a run-scoring single in the fifth. Matsuis ninth homer of the season highlighted the As highest-scoring inning this year. The five RBIs are the most by Matsui since he had five against Baltimore on Sept. 13, 2009. "Guys like that, even when theyre struggling, theyre working hard, theyre setting the example," Melvin said. "Hes been a key cog for us not only production-wise but stability-wise." Sweeney had two hits in the fourth, including his first home run since May 4, 2010, when the As took a 10-0 lead. Cahill (9-9) gave up four hits and walked four but stayed out of trouble all game. The right-hander, 0-4 in his previous five starts, only allowed one runner past second while earning his first win since beating Philadelphia on June 25. Oakland, which has won seven of its last eight games at home, improved to 8-4 since the All-Star break after beating the Rays top three pitchers -- rookie Jeremy Hellickson, David Price and Shields. It could have been worse for Tampa Bay. The As made it 13-0 on Weeks bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the sixth but missed a chance for more when Cliff Pennington was doubled off second base on the play. It was the only mistake Oakland made. Outside of breaking the Washington Senators 94-year-old record for young pitchers, not much went right for Tampa Bay. Shields, the All-Star right-hander who pitched the first game of the Rays record-breaking streak when it began on May 25, 2007, allowed 12 hits and 10 earned runs -- the third time in his career he has given up 10 runs in a game. Tampa Bay, which has been outscored 26-10 through the first three games of this four-game series, scored four times in the ninth to avoid its 11th shutout of the season. Matt Joyce hit his 15th home run of the season, while Desmond Jennings and Johnny Damon also drove in runs. The Rays played without slugging outfielder B.J. Upton, who has been the subject of trade rumours. Maddon said the decision to sit Upton had more to do with his 3-for-38 slump than the trade talk. "Ive just been looking for moments to give B.J. a rest," Maddon said before the game. "I know all these different things that are being swirled about has got to have some kind of an impact on him, too. I wouldnt think it would be easy to read that stuff all the time." 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