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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Nashville is 0-2-1 on the trip but hopes to turn it around against the Avalanche, who are also striving for consistency.Colorado lost to Winnipeg 1-0 at home on Friday but bounced back to win 3-2 in Arizona 24 hours later.The Avalanche (4-3) have been shut out twice during the young season and are averaging less than a goal in their three losses. They are averaging 4.25 goals in their four wins.Tuesdays game might come down to who is more desperate to find consistency.We feel like were just not playing up to our potential right now, Nashville captain Mike Fisher told The Tennessean. Individually, as a group, you know were a better team. When youre not getting the results, its frustrating.Getting off to a fast start might help the Predators. They have given up the first goal in seven on their eight games.Weve got to find a way to come out in these games and score the first goal, Predators coach Peter Laviolette told The Tennessean. Get a lead and try and build off it from there as opposed to always trying to chase the game from behind or never having that comfort of being up a goal. ... Falling into those holes like that, its not helping.The Avalanche have had a strange schedule to start the season but are above .500 with eight home games in November. They opened the season at home on Oct. 15 and then went on a fouur-game Eastern Conference road trip.ddddddddddddThe Avalanche had five days off after their road trip before playing on consecutive nights. They play Tuesday after two days off, but center Matt Duchene probably wishes the team could have played sooner.Duchene, a notoriously slow starter, has five goals and two assists in the last four games. Playing for Canada in the World Cup of Hockey has helped him get off to a quicker start to this season.You start the season at that high level, I think it sets you off in the right direction, Duchene told hockeybuzz.com after practice Monday. I feel good right now, even since the start of the year when those first few games I didnt get anything. I still felt really good with where I was at. Its part of my job to provide offense and I just have to keep working hard and try to do that.Duchene might be ready for a breakout season, his eighth despite being just 25. Last year, he had one goal through the first 10 games but finished with a career-high 30.After the first 10 games, it was probably the lowest of the low Ive ever been, Duchene told hockeybuzz.com. I wasnt even sure if I could keep playing this game. Ive been to the bottom, so nothing really fazed me after that. I was able to keep it pretty even keel the rest of the year. Sometimes you make it too hard in your head.The Avalanche will play Tuesday with just 22 available players after assigning forward Gabriel Bourque to San Antonio of the AHL. 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