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Padres seek momentum from first Petco win

SAN DIEGO -- If it's Sunday, it's fun day, and that's just how they roll in San Diego.

Even the sleepy-eyed Padres.

It was the morning after Saturday's 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, a little ditty that went 14 innings and lasted nearly 5 1/2 hours.

"I think there is a boost to it,'' manager Andy Green said.

Green was peppy as usual, despite punching out late Saturday night. The hope is Melvin Upton Jr.'s walk-off haymaker, a home run, revitalizes a scuffling club.

Upton's center-field blast provided goose bumps for the locals, the Padres' first Petco Park win this year.