SAN DIEGO -AP- Rookie Manuel Margot hit his first two big league homers and Yangervis Solarte had a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning, helping the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6 in their home opener Friday.
Solarte's double to the gap in right-center gave the Padres the lead again after the Giants had gone up 5-4 on Brandon Belt's first career grand slam with no outs in the sixth. Solarte had three hits and four RBI.
 
Margot, Solarte lead Padres to 7-6 win over Giants
 
 
San Francisco's bullpen troubles continued when George Kontos (0-1) walked Travis Jankowski opening the seventh and allowed a single to Wil Myers before Solarte doubled them in. Solarte advanced on a fly out and scored on Austin Hedges' sacrifice bunt to make it 7-5.
That run came in handy because Belt homered again, off Ryan Buchter, to straightaway center with two outs in the eighth.
Jose Torres (1-0) pitched a perfect seventh for his first big league win. Brandon Maurer pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.
Margot, called up late last season, became the first rookie to hit two homers in a Padres home opener. He had only two home runs in five minor league seasons.
Margot homered to left-center leading off the first and to left leading off the third, both off Matt Cain.
Solarte hit RBI singles in the third and fifth innings.
With no outs in the sixth, Belt hit an 84-mph slider from Luis Perdomo to right-center. Perdomo had loaded the bases on a leadoff single by Conor Gillaspie, who was pinch-hitting for Cain, a double by Joe Panik and a walk to Aaron Hill.
Both teams came in after winning just one of their first four games.
Perdomo allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out three and walked one. He balked in a run in the first. Cain went 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and six hits while striking out three and walking three.
 

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