ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Brandon Belt got the previous three games off in Philadelphia for a mental break and work on his swing, and the first results were outstanding. Belt had three hits, coming within a double of hitting for the cycle, as the San Francisco Giants beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Friday night. "He looked great," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "We talked in Philly, and hes all in with trying to make a couple adjustments. Its not easy to do it for a day, so give three days to work on it. It was good for him." Belt has loosened the grip on the bat and is positioned deeper in the batters box. He called Fridays success a 60-40 split, with the higher percentage being for the batting work. "I think mentally Ive stayed in there pretty well," said Belt, who been mired a 1-for-19 slide. "Theres just some things that I need to work on to tap into my ability a little more." Madison Bumgarner struck out 11 in seven innings and Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer for San Francisco, which was won three straight. The defending World Series champions are 10 games under .500. This was the first time since 2004 that the teams met. Tampa Bay has lost two in a row, including its first game in August. The Rays went 21-5 in July. Bumgarner (11-7) gave up one run, working around seven hits and three walks. He tied his season high for strikeouts. Bumgarners current nine-start stretch of allowing two earned runs or less and pitching at least seven innings is the second-longest in franchise history since records are available, behind the New York Giants Ferdie Schupps 12 in 1916-17. "Any time youre able to battle through when you dont necessarily have the command youre used to having, it makes it a tougher kind of battle," Bumgarner said. "Youre going to have games like that." Sergio Romo got two outs for his 26th save. After Belt hit an RBI triple in the seventh against Chris Archer (6-4), Crawford followed with his home run for a 4-1 lead. Archer allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings. He had permitted just two runs -- one earned -- over 31 innings in winning his previous four starts. Belt got the Giants first two hits off Archer. He singled in the third and tied it at 1 with his homer in the fifth, which stopped a career-high stretch of 18 shutout innings for Archer. "Everything I threw, Belt saw," Archer said. "A fastball down and he kind of crushed it. Fastball first pitch, he went the other way for a base hit. So I figured Ill try a changeup, mix it up, but he saw that well, too (for the homer)." Ben Zobrist put the Rays ahead 1-0 with an RBI single in the third. Bumgarner, who had a 16-inning scoreless streak end, avoided a big inning by getting an inning-ending pop fly from Sean Rodriguez with the bases loaded. Bumgarner worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the fifth by retiring Evan Longoria, Wil Myers and Rodriguez. "Just a tough competitor," Bochy said. "Going seven innings, one run, shows you how good he is. He was without his good command tonight." This is just the third series between the teams. When they last played in June 2004 in Florida, the Giants had Barry Bonds, and Jose Bautista was on the roster of the then-Devil Rays. NOTES: Struggling Giants LHP Barry Zito will not make his next scheduled start Sunday and will be replaced by RHP Guillermo Moscoso. ... Rays RHP Alex Cobb, hit in the head by a liner in June, is scheduled to pitch Saturday for Class A Charlotte. His first rehab start lasted just two pitches due to a blister. ... Tampa Bay LHP David Price (6-5) and San Francisco RHP Tim Lincecum (5-11) are Saturday nights scheduled starters. It will be just the second game in Rays history featuring former Cy Young Award winners. Price faced Toronto RHP R.A. Dickey on May 9. ... 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The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011.DOVER, Del. -- Brad Keselowski says having all 16 Chase drivers start in the front of the field will be fun to watch.He just wont catch much of the action.Keselowski has the pole after rain wiped out qualifying Friday at Dover International Speedway. It was the third straight Dover race where qualifying was canceled because of rain.Keselowski benefited this time because Sundays Sprint Cup race was set on owner points. The 16 Chase drivers make up the first eight rows in the field, and it should be a battle from the start -- the playoff field is cut from 16 to 12 drivers following Dover.I wont get to see it, but you will, Keselowski said. That will be fun to watch.Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick have already advanced to the next round with Chase victories. Truex joins Keselowski on the front row. Kyle Busch starts third, followed by Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano.Other Chase qualifiers, from sixth to 16th are: Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Chase Elliott, Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, Jamie McMurray, Tony Stewart, and Chris Buescher.Buescher made the Chase on the back of a rain-shortened victory at Pocono and made the rookie driver perhaps the most surprising playoff entrant in NASCAR history.He pretty much has to win to advance to the second round, akin to a No. 16 seed beating a 1 in the NCAA tournament.Its kind of nice to be able to go into a race and just worry about doing the best you can, he said. Its going to make it where were able to go out here and not worry about it, take some chances, try and utilize some risk, and see if we can pull something off.Here are some other items oof note from a short day at Dover:PRACTCE: Larson turned the fastest practice lap of the day with a speed of 165.dddddddddddd578 mph. Kyle Busch had the best 10-consecutive lap average at 159.336.Larson holds the final transfer spot by five points over Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Jamie McMurray and Richard Childress Racings Austin Dillon.Larson finished second in the spring at Dover.OVER AT DOVER: McMurray was eliminated from the Chase at Dover last season after finishing fourth. Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed McMurray late in the race to tie him in points for the final transfer spot. Earnhardt advanced because his best finish of third in the opening round was better than McMurrays top finish of fourth.Last year was a lot of fun, getting to race with the No. 88 and knowing that I had to finish ahead of him in order to advance to the next round, McMurray said. He was ahead on one restart and Id be ahead on the next, so that was a fun battle.WIN AND IN: McMurray, Dillon, Stewart and Buescher can only guarantee a clinch with a win. Each could clinch without a win, but would need varying levels of help.FIRST IS TOPS: Keselowski took pride in starting first on points because it mean his Team Penske has the been the best this late into the season.Its certainly still something to be very proud of, this far into the season and being the points leader, he said. There are the perks you get when youre in that position.Keselowski has four wins in the No. 2 Ford and is going for his first championship since 2012. ' ' '