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San Diego Padres outfielder Justin Upton was selected to his third All-Star Game as a reserve Monday during ESPN‘s All-Star Selection Show.

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He was the only Padre to be selected to the National League squad.

Upton leads the Padres with 14 homers, 46 RBI and 16 stolen bases. He was acquired from the Atlanta Braves in a trade during the offseason in a flurry of moves by first-year general manager A.J. Preller

It will be his third trip to an All-Star Game, both other trips came with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2009 and 2011.

Other outfielders on the team from the N.L. West include A.J. Pollock from the Diamondbacks and Joc Pederson from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 86th All-Star Game will be played on July 14in Cincinnati at 5:30 p.m.

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