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SAN DIEGO -- Melvin Upton Jr. capped a remarkable first half for the San Diego Padres with a magnificent walk-off home run.Upton hit a 440-foot homer on the first pitch of the ninth from Andrew Miller to give the Padres a 2-1 victory against the New York Yankees on Saturday night.It was his third walk-off homer of the season, a team record, landing in the second balcony on the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner.Ive seen him a lot in the past, so I had a pretty good feel for him and just got something I could handle, said Upton, who has 13 homers. `You never go up and try to hit a home run, just go up and try to put a good A-B together against a very good pitcher.It was Uptons seventh career walk-off homer and his 11th career walk-off hit.Upton said this season, his second in San Diego, is probably the most fun in a while, but Im just glad to have the opportunity to play every day, man.Upton, limited to 87 games last year due to a foot injury, has five more homers than his brother, Justin, who was his teammate with the Padres last year before signing with Detroit.Hes done it enough, hasnt he? manager Andy Green said. Its almost ridiculous how good hes been in pivotal situations. He continues to amaze. Hes a low-heartbeat guy. Theres not a lot that ruffles him. Hes really even-keel. I think to some degree hes probably gotten a bad rap for that over the years, like theres nothing that fazes him. Hes just smooth, glides through the game, everythings relaxed.Miller said he tried to throw a fastball down and away. That pitch is much better located for him. I didnt do it. I wasnt very sharp in general and I paid for it.I just wasnt very good, Miller said. It was not where I wanted to throw that ball. I paid for it, unfortunately. It would have been nice to get some more at-bats. I just didnt do my job.Miller (5-1) was starting his second inning for the Yankees.Brad Hand (2-2) pitched the ninth for the win.There were three replays that took a total of 10 minutes, 10 seconds. Among them was Matt Kemp being thrown out trying to score from second on Uptons single to right to end the sixth.I thought all three of those were ridiculously close today, Green said. All of them hurt us, but at the end, Melvin did what he does.Starters Ivan Nova of the Yankees and Drew Pomeranz of the Padres each allowed one run before turning it over to the bullpens.New York took a 1-0 lead in the sixth when Jacoby Ellsbury hit a leadoff double, advanced on Brett Gardners bunt single and scored on Starlin Castros groundout.San Diego tied it in the bottom of the inning when Wil Myers walked and scored on Kemps double. Kemp tried to score on Uptons single to right, but Rob Refsnyder made a great throw home to Austin Romine, who then blocked the plate with his left foot and tagged Kemp. The Padres challenged, but the call stood after a review of 3:19.The longest replay was 4:20 after Romine was thrown out after a nice throw by third baseman Yangervis Solarte on a slow roller. The call was overturned and Romine was safe with an infield single, but Nova struck out to end the inning.Nova held the Padres to one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, struck out seven and walked one.Pomeranz also allowed just one run, and five hits, while striking out seven and walking none.The problem tonight was we didnt score, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Pomeranz has an outstanding curveball and we never were able to solve it. He was tough on our guys. It looked like it might be a 1-0 game.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: Girardi said Carlos Beltran, slowed by a tight right hamstring, will be the DH Monday at Chicago.Padres: Manager Andy Green said RHP Erik Johnson has a flexor tendon strain and is expected to be out for three to six weeks.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Chad Green (0-1, 7.20) is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for his third stint with the team. 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PARIS -- The Latest from soccers European Championship (all times local):---8:20 p.m.Polands pace is the main concern for Portugal coach Fernando Santos heading into their quarterfinal match in Marseille on Thursday.With its main striker Robert Lewandowski failing to score so far, Poland has relied on its defense and quick counter-attacks to carry the team into the last eight.Santos says he has warned his side of Polands ability to go from defense to attack every fast.They are a very balanced team. I dont think they resemble any team we have played so far, Santos says. We will have the ball and try our best to make use of our stronger points. We want to have possession in order to score.---7:40 p.m.Belgium coach Marc Wilmots says Michy Batshuayi was allowed to leave the teams training camp just outside Bordeaux on Wednesday to undergo a medical examination at a nearby hospital.The Marseille striker has been heavily linked with a move to Chelsea in the English Premier League.Wilmots said Marseille requested that Batshuayi was freed for two hours to have a medical, adding: I just ordered the taxi.Batshuayi scored for Belgium with his first touch of the ball after coming on as a substitute in the 4-0 win over Hungary in the round of 16.---7:25 p.m.France left back Patrice Evra had an injury scare in training, when hurting his left hand after a collision with midfielder Moussa Sissoko.The injury appeared to happen as Evra fell to the ground and the teams medical staff quickly applied ice and bandaged his hand.The 35-year-old Evra then did some stretching, but did not join in with his teammates for the remaining 10 minutes of the evening session.---6:55 p.m.Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik is looking forward to meeting one of his footballing heroes in his teams quarterfinal on Thursday: Cristiano Ronaldo.The 22-year-old Ajax striker, who has found the net once at Euro 2016 but has also squandered plenty of chances, says the Portugal star is a source of inspiration.Speaking through an interpreter, Milik says Ronaldo is an example of hard work. Its not just talent, you need to work hard -- hes a great example of that.Milik says it will be great to meet Ronaldo on the pitch, but, of course, I will try to focus on me and my team and not look up at him.Ronaldo will meanwhile be hoping to add to his list of records. He needs one goal to equal Michel Platinis record of nine goals at European Championships.---6:10 p.m.Poland coach Adam Nawalka is calling on referees to protect struggling striker Robert Lewandowski in the teams quarterfinal against Portugal on Thursday.Still without a goal at the European Championship, Lewandowski has been on the receiving end of 16 fouls through four matches -- more than any other player at the tournament.Nawalka says Lewandowski is marked very tight... double, triple marked and they try to attack him on the border of a foul every time.The manager adds that referees should be paying attention to brutal fouls in football in general when an opponent is trying to eliminate a player at any cost.---6:00 p.m.Four years after Italy beat Germany in the semifinals of Euro 2012, the defeat still haunts the world champions.We still have a score to settle with the Italians. We have enough players here who were there in 2012, Germanys goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke said ahead of Saturdays quarterfinal between the two sides. Weve become more experienced and savvy... Well have to deliver our top performance but were ready to re-write this story.Germany has yet to concede a goal in four games at the tournament and defender Mats Hummels is confident about the back lines ability to deal with Italy at the Stade de Bordeaux.There isnt a big area for improvements, Hummels said. Everything is already fine.---5:25 p.m.Germany is hoping that left back Jonas Hector quickly recovers from a cold as the world champions prepare for Saturdayys quarterfinal against Italy.ddddddddddddThe 26-year-old Hector was the only member of Germanys squad to miss training at its tournament base at Evian-les-Bains on Wednesday, though he is expected to be fit for the game in Bordeaux.We dont think its anything more serious, said Germany goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke, who added that the other 22 squad players had a particularly intensive training session at the Stade Camille Fournier.Defenders Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels, midfielder Sami Khedira and winger Julian Draxler all trained normally after overcoming slight knocks picked up in Sundays 3-0 win over Slovakia in the round of 16.---4:05 p.m.Four France players underwent an early morning anti-doping test at the teams Clairefontaine training camp on the outskirts of Paris on Wednesday.Left back Patrice Evra, midfielders Blaise Matuidi and Moussa Sissoko, and winger Kingsley Coman were all tested at around 7:30 a.m.The French Football Federation said on its website that the four players had urine and blood samples taken by two UEFA officials.---2:50 p.m.Icelands co-coach Lars Lagerback is not letting standards slip in the wake of his teams 2-1 victory over England, and has even criticized some of his players for turning up late for dinner.At the teams tournament base in southeastern French city of Annecy, Lagerback said it was a little sloppy yesterday in that a few of the guys were late to dinner. Its not a big thing. Normally we dont care if its not a very long time, were quite flexible.Lagerback said his team has to keep the focus and not get carried away by Mondays win over England, which ranks as one of the biggest surprises in European Championship history.Iceland meets France in a quarterfinal on Sunday at the Stade de France.Heimir Hallgrimsson, the other joint-coach, acknowledged his side faced a huge challenge against a team with more technical ability and the resilience to always keep going.We have raised the standard of Icelandic football and we will maintain that standard and keep pushing forward, Hallgrimsson said.---1:45 p.m.Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi has missed a second successive training, raising questions over his fitness for Saturdays European Championship quarterfinal against Germany.De Rossi limped off in the 54th minute of Italys 2-0 win over Spain in the round of 16 on Monday, after taking a knock to his right thigh.His replacement, Thiago Motta, was shown a second yellow card of the tournament and is suspended for the match against the world champion.Italy coach Antonio Conte is already without winger Antonio Candreva, who has missed the past two matches with a groin injury.Italys medical staff will provide more information Wednesday on whether De Rossi or Candreva will be able to play some part in the quarterfinal-match in Bordeaux.---1:10 p.m.Belgium wont be lacking for support when it takes on Wales in the quarterfinals of the European Championship as it tries to make the final four in a major competition for the first time since the 1986 World Cup.The game on Friday takes place in the northern French city of Lille, which is just 10 kilometers or so from the Belgian border. Fans of the team have already turned up in droves in the city for Euro 2016 games in Lille, and nearby Lens.Local fans should also swell their ranks both in and out of the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. For two of the Belgiums players, Eden Hazard and Divock Origi, it will be homecoming of sorts. Both started their professional careers at the local club Lille.Wales boisterous fans will do their best to compensate, no doubt. Wales is looking to go one further than its previous best appearance in a major tournament. Back in 1958, it lost its quarterfinal match to Brazil to a solitary goal from a young Pele. ' ' '