SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdown passes to Michael Thomas and another to Mark Ingram, who also ran for a 75-yard score a week after being benched as the New Orleans Saints beat the lowly San Francisco 49ers 41-23 on Sunday.Ingram, replaced by Tim Hightower during last Sundays 25-20 win against Seattle after fumbling for a second straight game, scored his second straight TD for the Saints on a career-long run to answer immediately after DuJuan Harris caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Colin Kaepernick. Ingrams run also was the second-longest in Saints history and he wound up with 158 yards rushing as San Francisco allowed an opposing 100-yard runner for the seventh straight game.The Saints (4-4) have grabbed back some momentum and returned to the race in the NFC South. They won for the fourth time in five games following an 0-3 start and eighth in the last 10 regular-season meetings with San Francisco.Brees dazzled in his debut game at Levis Stadium, where Fire Baalke signs showed up on cars and in the stands in reference to the beleaguered 49ers general manager. The QB completed 28 of 39 passes for 323 yards in the Saints first trip to San Franciscos home field since a 36-32 loss in the divisional playoffs after the 2011 season.Brees now has 449 career touchdown passes, leaving him one shy of becoming the third player to throw for 450 TDs. Peyton Manning (539) and Hall of Famer Brett Favre (508) are the others.Kaepernick also threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Vance McDonald just before halftime, when New Orleans led 31-20. In Kaepernicks third game back as starter, he had his best game yet: He became the 15th player in franchise history to rush for 2,000 yards and went 24 of 39 for 398 yards passing -- second most yards of his career.But the Niners (1-7) didnt have nearly enough to avoid their seventh straight loss since shutting out the Rams to start the year.Hightower, who became the Saints first 100-yard rusher of the season last week against Seattle, ran for a 4-yard touchdown in the first to put his team ahead for good. Craig Robertsons interception of a pass by Colin Kaepernick and return of 29 yards just four plays later set up Brees 1-yard touchdown pass to Michael Thomas .Phil Dawson kicked field goals of 49, 48 and 46 yards for San Francisco.STUPENDOUS STUPARFormer 49ers linebacker Nate Stupar forced Mike Davis fumble and recovered it early in the third quarter, the second straight big game for the journeyman in his fourth NFL season.Last week, he intercepted a pass by Russell Wilson.BIG-PLAY TOUCHDOWNSBreakdowns for both defenses led to the high-scoring, offensive day. The first half accounted for 663 of total offense combined -- 484 yards passing by Brees and Kaepernick together -- and 1,057 in all once the game was over.The teams came into the game as two of the leagues worst defenses, San Francisco at No. 30 and New Orleans 28th.HOLDING, TIMES THREEJust before halftime, 49ers defenders Eric Reid, Keith Reaser and Jimmie Ward were flagged for simultaneous, intentional holding penalties against a trio of receivers to keep the Saints targets from getting open in the end zone. New Orleans had only one more chance and settled for Wil Lutzs 26-yard field goal as time expired.San Francisco was penalized four times early, too -- two on its first defensive series and two more on its initial offensive possession that had the Niners settling for Phil Dawsons 49-yard field goal.HYDE OUT AGAIN49ers running back Carlos Hyde missed his second straight game with a shoulder injury. Nose tackle Glenn Dorsey returned to start and Mike Purcell was inactive for the first time. Dorsey had been working back slowly from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee suffered last November.San Franciscos Arik Armstead injured a shoulder in the first quarter.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Kyle Edmund booked his place in the second round of the Shanghai Masters with a three-set win over Argentinas Federico Delbonis on Monday.The British No. 2 had battled through two qualifying matches to reach the main draw but showed no ill-effects as he finished strongly to triumph 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.Edmund reached the quarterfinals of the China Open last week where he was beaaten by compatriot Andy Murray, and rose into the worlds top 50 as a result.ddddddddddddThe 21-year-old will face a major test in the second round where he will come up against reigning US Open champion and tournament third seed Stan Wawrinka. ' ' '