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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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Vans Shoes Uk Sale . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The Miami Dolphins left Ben Roethlisberger limping, and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers didnt look much better.Roethlisberger missed one series because of a left knee injury and was held to 189 yards passing, and Miami won 30-15 Sunday.Jay Ajayi rushed for 204 yards and two scores on 25 carries for the Dolphins (2-4).No need to sugarcoat, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. We got beat soundly.The Steelers (4-2) had scored 74 points in their previous two games, but were outgained 474-297. Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill said he was buoyed to see two Pittsburgh defenders become sick to their stomach late in the first half as players dealt with the 80-degree heat.Its definitely a glimpse of what we can do, Tannehill said. Now we just have to show up every week like this.Roethlisberger finished 19 for 34 with two interceptions. He hobbled to the locker room and missed one series late in the second quarter when he hyperextended his knee scrambling on a play that resulted in an interception by Reshad Jones.After the game, Roethlisberger had ice on both knees and a bruise in the middle of his back. An MRI on his knee was planned.It happened before I threw the ball, Roethlisberger said. I felt something funny in my knee. Well pray its nothing too serious.Roethlisberger also tweaked his right knee on the Steelers final play.He had only 83 yards passing with 5 minutes left before he drove Pittsburgh 97 yards for a touchdown that made it 23-15. Miami recovered the ensuing onside kick, and on the next play Ajayi scored on a 62-yard run.Pittsburghs only other touchdown came in the first quarter when Darrius Heyward-Bey scored on a 60-yard end around. Antonio Brown, the NFLs leading receiver, was held to four receptions for 39 yards. Teammate Sammie Coates, playing with a hand injury, didnt have a catch.The Dolphins were one-touchdown underdogs at home, but the score could have been more lopsided had they not repeatedly squandered chances in the red zone. They had a 13-minute advantage in time of possession in the biggest win yet for first-year coach Adam Gase.I think what today proved to a lot of our guys and coaches what you possibly could be, Gase said.dddddddddddd But this league is week to week. Once we hit next Sunday, nobody is going to care about what we did this week.GOOD BLOCKINGThe Dolphins started the game with their top five offensive linemen on the field together for the first time this year. How much difference did that make?You tell me, Gase said. A lot, right? It makes a big difference when we have holes and the quarterback is not on his back.The Steelers failed to sack Tannehill after he was taken down six times a week earlier against Tennessee. Second-year pro Ajayi took advantage by surpassing 100 yards rushing for the first time.TANNEHILLS DAYTannehill, booed by fans a week ago, drew only cheers while going 24 for 32 for 252 yards, including a pair of long throws.He slipped from the grasp of 352-pound Daniel McCullers to throw a 53-yard pass to MarQueis Gray that set up a field goal. Tannehills 39-yard pass to Jarvis Landry set up Miamis first touchdown with 21 seconds left in the first half for a 16-8 lead.DIVIDED ALLEGIANCES?The crowd appeared evenly divided early, with many fans waving yellow towels for every play that went the visitors way. But as Miami pulled away in the second half, it seemed the entire stadium was singing the Dolphins fight song.MISSED CHANCESTwice Miami settled for a field goal after it appeared Tannehill had thrown a touchdown pass. DeVante Parker dropped a throw in the end zone, and a TD catch by Dominque Jones was negated by a penalty for illegal formation.Andrew Franks kicked three field goals, but missed a 50-yarder and had a 24-yarder blocked.INJURY REPORTDolphins: CB Tony Lippett left with a hamstring injury. TE Dion Sims was evaluated for a possible concussion.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steve-Wine. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/steven-wine ' ' '