EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Joey Harrington threw two touchdown pass es and Chris Cash made a crucial diving interception in the end zone late in the first half to lead the Lions to a 28-13 win over the Giants yesterday.

After going an NFL record 24 games without a win away from Motown, the Lions (4-2) have now won all three of their road games this season.

Kevin Jones scored on a 2-yard run and Artose Pinner iced the game with an 8-yard TD run as Detroit snapped a four-game winning streak for the Giants (4-2).

The loss also showed that even new coach Tom Coughlin could not change the Giants’ woes after a bye week. New York has lost four straight and 13 of 16 since the NFL started giving teams weeks off in 1990.

“I can’t blame it on the bye week, that’s a cop-out,” Giants defensive end Michael Strahan said. “If you don’t make plays you don’t win. We didn’t have any enthusiasm. We had it, let it go, and the Lions picked it up and never let go of it.”

Harrington, 18 for 22 for 230 yards, threw TD passes of 18 yards to rookie Roy Williams in the first quarter and a 2-yarder to Reggie Swinton late in the fourth for a 21-13 lead. After linebacker Alex Lewis batted away a fourth-down pass to Jeremy Shockey deep in New York territory, Pinner sealed the win.

Kurt Warner and Tiki Barber combined on a 62-yard screen pass for a touchdown, and Steve Christie kicked field goals of 19 and 25 yards for the Gi ants, whose offense was horrible near the Detroit end zone.

The Giants’ winning streak was based on getting turnovers, but they lost the takeaway battle 2-0 yesterday, with no play hurting more than Cash’s interception in the final minute of the first half. Cash, who started at left cornerback for Fernando Bryant, made a diving interception off a lazy pass by Warner with 39 seconds to go and New York ahead 10-7.

The pick came after Warner completed six passes to move the Giants from their 6-yard line to the Lions 11.Warner, who was sacked six times, avoided a sack on the interception but he lobbed the ball to a wide-open Amani Toomer. Cash closed quickly to make the interception.

Warner said he lofted the ball too much over a defender.

“It could have been a huge momentum swing for us and really put us in control,” said Warner, who completed 23 of 34 passes for 270 yards. “It was a game we should have had but we made some mistakes.”

Detroit, limited to five first downs and 125 total yards in a loss to Green Bay last week, scored on a 10-play, 70-yard drive on the opening series of the game. Harrington connected on three third-down passes, capping the drive with a pass to Williams. It was the rookie’s fifth touchdown catch of the year.