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Newly acquired San Diego Padres outfielder Justin Upton hit a solo home run in the team’s first spring training game of the season, a 4-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings.

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Upton’s homer came in the top of the seventh inning and careened high of the batters eye in center field.

He would finish the game 1-3.

Fellow newcomer, outfielder Matt Kemp, did not have the same success as Upton in his spring debut and finished 0-3 with a strikeout and grounded into a double play.

Third baseman Yangervis Solarte, who is battling for the starting third base job with Will Middlebrooks, went 2-3 with a double, and first baseman Tommy Medica went 2-2 with an RBI.

The Padres will play the Mariners again tomorrow at 12:05 p.m. at the Peoria Sports Complex and right hander Andrew Cashner is expected to start.

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