MIAMI (AP) -- Odrisamer Despaigne pitched six solid innings, and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Saturday night.Yangervis Solarte and Matt Kemp each had two hits and drove in a run for San Diego, which has won seven of eight and 12 of 16. Craig Kimbrel, who allowed a tying solo homer in Friday's 8-3 win that sent the game to extra innings, pitched a perfect ninth for his 31st save in 33 chances. 
Despaigne (5-7) allowed two runs and five hits in his second straight win against Miami. He also pitched six solid innings in a 3-2 victory over the Marlins last Sunday.San Diego grabbed control with four runs in the third inning against Jose Urena (1-5), extending its lead to 5-0. Solarte hit an RBI triple and scored on Kemp's sacrifice fly. Derek Norris' double and an error by left fielder Derek Dietrich brought home two more runs.The Marlins cut the deficit to 5-2 in the fifth on back-to-back RBI singles by Donovan Solano and Dee Gordon.Justin Bour had a run-scoring fielder's choice for Miami in the seventh, but Joaquin Benoit retired all three batters he faced in the eighth before Kimbrel finished.
Despaigne (5-7) allowed two runs and five hits in his second straight win against Miami. He also pitched six solid innings in a 3-2 victory over the Marlins last Sunday.San Diego grabbed control with four runs in the third inning against Jose Urena (1-5), extending its lead to 5-0. Solarte hit an RBI triple and scored on Kemp's sacrifice fly. Derek Norris' double and an error by left fielder Derek Dietrich brought home two more runs.The Marlins cut the deficit to 5-2 in the fifth on back-to-back RBI singles by Donovan Solano and Dee Gordon.Justin Bour had a run-scoring fielder's choice for Miami in the seventh, but Joaquin Benoit retired all three batters he faced in the eighth before Kimbrel finished.
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