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SPARTA, Ky. -- Brad Keselowskis standing in the chase for his second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship is an encouraging sign of where his team is headed. The Penske Racing driver foresees a better outlook once his team gets a handle on the circuits rules process. Keselowski was docked six points by NASCAR on Tuesday after his No. 2 Ford failed post-race inspection at Dover for being too low. Combined with Aprils 25-point penalty for having an illegal part at Texas, he enters this weekends race at Pocono Raceway 10th in points instead of possibly fourth. While neither the team nor Keselowski disputes NASCARs latest punishment, Keselowski said it has them more determined to bounce back and earn their first victory of the season, which they believe is within reach. "I completely understood this weeks (penalty) and kind of stick up for NASCAR on that one. The other one, not so much," Keselowski said during a promotional stop Wednesday at Kentucky Speedway. "But at this point, it kind of is what it is and you have to move forward and focus on the task at hand, which is having a strong run through the summer, winning races and be in position for the Chase." Keselowski is coming off a fifth-place run at Dover, his fifth top-five this season and the first since Bristol in March. He jumped two spots to eighth in points before the penalty that dropped him back down to the 10th and final spot in the Chase. Before returning to one of the five tracks he won on last season in a Dodge, Keselowski and the Penske team met in North Carolina to discuss the penalties that included a $25,000 fine for crew chief Paul Wolfe. Sunday marked the first race back for Wolfe and several crew members for Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano after serving a three-race suspension -- reduced from six on appeal -- for the Texas infraction. The team issued a statement Tuesday blaming a broken part for the violation but added that it wont appeal the penalty. "Did it affect the cars performance and racing condition? Probably not," Keselowski said of the parts failure. "But the rules are what the rules are, and they said the car must return statically and the car didnt. "It was just a simple installation issue that we addressed, and you kind of shrug your shoulders and say these things happen, lets try not to let them happen again and move on." With eight top-10 finishes entering the second half of the Sprint Cups regular season, Keselowski likes where things are despite the penalties and expects improvement now that everyone is back. "I dont have to make anything up. Im already in the Chase as it stands today," he said. "Thats an important part to acknowledge... "Id like to see us perform at a higher level, absolutely. I want to have wins. But Im not throwing out an anchor and panicking. 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Its a lot better being on this side of things.Bumgarner (11-4), also an All-Star, didnt appear Tuesday in the Midsummer Classic at Petco Park because he pitched on Sunday, throwing a one-hitter and striking out 14 in a 4-0 victory against Arizona.Rosales homered off the side of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner leading off the fourth, his sixth.Myers, eliminated in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, homered to right-center in the fifth.I saw him well tonight, Myers said. Obviously, hes had some success off me. I saw some good pitches tonight. I felt like he left some mistakes over the plate. I was just able to put good swings on them.Andrew Cashner (4-7) won for the first time in four starts by holding the Giants to one run and four hits in six innings, striking out nine and walking none.It was vintage Cashner, Green said. It was really good. I dont remember him ever ripping off sliders like that. Thats as hard as Ive ever seen him throw a slider. ... It was a top-of-the-rotation type start today.Bumgarner just wasnt quite as sharp, manager Bruce Bochy said. Weve gotten pretty spoiled with him. Six innings, four runs, thats an off night for him, obviously. A couple of balls left the ballpark. He just wasnt quite as sharrp and they took advantage of it.ddddddddddddStill, he keeps you in the game. We just couldnt do anything offensively.Brandon Maurer worked the ninth for his second save.Brandon Belt was ejected for arguing with umpire Mike Estabrook after striking out in the ninth, and Bochy also was tossed.Bumgarner allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out nine and walked one.Yangervis Solarte hit an RBI double in the first and Matt Kemp had an RBI single in the third for San Diego.Conor Gillaspie singled home the Giants run in the second.FUNNY MOMENTSolarte, the Padres third baseman, tumbled into the stands to catch a foul pop in the ninth inning. When he emerged, the ball was covered in what appeared to be nacho cheese.It was a great catch, Green said. He mightve gotten a hot dog and some mustard on it over there. I dont know what he went into over there. I dont think you want to go into the ground in the first row too often. You get a lot of peanut shells and beer and everything else.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: OF Hunter Pence, on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. Bochy said hed like Pence to get at least 30 at-bats before rejoining the active roster.Padres: RHP Tyson Ross, who hasnt pitched since opening day due to inflammation in his right shoulder, will be set back two more weeks after spraining an ankle last week.UP NEXTGiants: RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-5, 3.91 ERA), who won his final start before the All-Star break, is scheduled to start the middle game of the series Saturday night.Padres: Rookie RHP Luis Perdomo (3-4, 7.48) will try to bounce back from a loss in his last start before the break. ' ' '