Solarte, Margot lead Padres past Giants
SAN DIEGO -- Yangervis Solarte's four RBIs and rookie Manuel Margot's two homers lifted the San Diego Padres past the San Francisco Giants 7-6 on Friday.
Solarte, who had three hits, drove in his final two runs in the seventh inning when the Padres regained the lead in their home opener. Austin Hedges' squeeze bunt scored Solarte for the inning's third run.
Brandon Belt, who had five RBIs, hit his second home run of the game in the eighth, a solo shot, pulling the Giants to within 7-6. He smacked his first career grand slam in the sixth, momentarily giving the Giants a 5-4 edge.
Jose Torres (1-0) worked a clean seventh for his first career win. Brandon Maurer pitched the ninth for his first save.
George Kontos (0-1) got just two outs in the seventh after being charged with three runs on two hits with three walks.
Neither starter got past the sixth inning.
Padres starter Luis Perdomo pitched 5 1/3 innings, surrendering five runs on seven hits and a walk. He struck out three.
Matt Cain continues to struggle after a shaky spring training. Cain, a three-time All-Star, recorded one out in the fifth and was yanked after allowing four runs on six hits and three walks.
The Giants rallied in the sixth. Belt's grand slam scored pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie (single), Joe Panik (double) and Aaron Hill (walk). Belt redirected Perdomo's 84-mph slider over the right-center-field fence.
Earlier, Solarte's second RBI had extended the Padres' advantage to 4-1 in the fifth inning. He brought Travis Jankowski in after he singled and stole second.
Margot hit his second solo home run in as many at-bats in the third inning. He punished Cain's 88-mph fastball, sending a line drive into the left-field seats.
Solarte accounted for the inning's second run when his single up the middle scored Wil Myers, after he reached with a slicing double to left.
San Diego tied the score at 1-1 when leadoff hitter Margot smacked Cain's 84-mph fastball 401 feet over the left-field wall for his first major-league homer.
Panik started the game with a double and, after advancing to third on a fly out, scored on Perdomo's balk for a 1-0 Giants lead.
NOTES: Giants OF Denard Span was limited to a pinch-hitting role with a sore hip. ... Giants C Buster Posey was given the day off. ... Giants RHP Hunter Strickland will miss the series on paternity leave. ... Giants LHP Steven Okert was brought up from Triple-A Sacramento. ... Padres C Hector Sanchez went on the seven-day DL with concussion symptoms. ... OF Jabari Blash was called up from Triple-A El Paso by the Padres.