CLEVELAND – And in the seventh game, the Oakland Raiders remained winless.

The Cleveland Browns found their offense and a finishing kick in the fourth quarter to improve to 4-3 with a 23-13 victory over the Raiders (0-7), who fell to 0-2 under interim head coach Tony Sparano and have lost 13 games in a row dating to 2013.

Quarterback Brian Hoyer tossed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Hawkins early in the fourth quarter to propel the Browns to a 23-13 victory over. Hoyer faced questions about his job security this week after a loss at previously winless Jacksonville on Oct. 19.

The Browns began to pull away late in the third quarter. A jarring tackle by strong safety Donte Whiter on Raiders running back Darren McFadden knocked the ball out free and into the hands of cornerback Joe Haden. Haden returned it 34 yards and on the next play Hoyer connected with Hawkins for 32 yards to the Oakland 21. Hoyer hit Hawkins for the score three plays later with 14:17 left for a 16-6 lead.

The Browns, whose running game sputtered for the second consecutive game without center Alex Mack, added a touchdown on a 5-yard run by Ben Tate after linebacker Barkevious Mingo recovered a fumble by Raiders quarterback Derek Carr inside the Oakland 10.

Carr threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Andre Holmes with seven seconds left to account for Oakland’s only touchdown.

The first 30 minutes belonged to the defenses and field goal kickers.

The Browns moved the ball in the first half but stalled three times. Each time Bill Cundiff kicked a field goal for a 9-0 lead before Sebastian Janikowski cut the lead to 9-3 with 1:50 left in the first half.

After being stuffed in Jacksonville a week earlier the Browns were determined to get their run offense going, but the Raiders would not allow Tate, Cleveland’s leading rusher, to get untracked and drives expired on the Oakland 34, 15 and 2. The Browns had just 17 yards rushing in the first half on 12 carries.

The Raiders clawed their way back into the game with another field goal before halftime to make it a six-point game.

The Browns tried to pad their lead after Oakland cut it to 9-3, but two false starts and an incomplete pass sabotaged the drive and led to a punt.

Carr, looking poised in the pocket, moved the Raiders from the Oakland 37 to the Cleveland 20 to set up Janikowski for a 38-yard field goal.

NOTES: The Raiders placed DE LaMarr Woodley (bicep) on injured reserve. C.J. Wilson replaced Woodley as the starter at right end. … Raiders S Usama Young (knee) was placed on injured reserve. … Raiders CB DJ Hayden was activated from the reserve/non-football injury list. … The Browns activated C Nick McDonald. … DL Ahtyba Rubin started at nose tackle for the Browns after missing the last two games with an ankle injury.