The D-backs managed to pull to within one on Jarrod Saltalamacchia's sixth-inning homer, but they could get no closer against Cashner and a pair of San Diego relievers. Craig Kimbrel entered in the eighth and picked up a four-out save, his 37th save of the season.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Kemp stays hot: Kemp's two-out, three-run homer in the fifth was his 22nd of the season and gives him 97 RBIs. That's the most for a Padres outfielder since Greg Vaughn had 119 in 1998, the last time the Padres won the National League pennant.