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LYON, France -- Portugal will hold its breath until the last minute hoping its best player at the European Championship will be fit for its semifinal showdown against Wales. Fake Vans SK8 .No, Cristiano Ronaldo isnt the cause for concern.The fuss is about whether central defender Pepe, who has been key to Portugals place in the final four, will be fit to face Gareth Bale and his Wales teammates on Wednesday at the Stade de Lyon.Portugal coach Fernando Santos said on Tuesday that a decision would be made on match day, based on the state of Pepes recovery from a thigh muscle injury.We will make our decision tomorrow. I wont be rushed into it, so I am sure you will be rolling in your beds tonight unable to sleep, Santos said through a translator. I will sleep quietly, because I have other players who can play. If Pepe is 100 percent, I will think about it so he can be in the starting 11.Pepe missed training on Monday and trained separately from his teammates at their tournament base near Paris on Tuesday before traveling to Lyon.While Portugal has been able to turn to Nani, Ricardo Quaresma and 18-year-old Renato Sanches to get the goals that Ronaldo has yet to consistently produce, its defensive stability has pretty much hinged on Pepe.The Real Madrid defender has played every minute of his teams five matches, providing reliability in a backline that has been undermined by injury and inconsistent play. He has collected only one yellow card, committed just four fouls -- while receiving 10, in 510 minutes.Santos dropped fellow center back Ricardo Carvalho following a 3-3 draw with Hungary in the third group match, giving Jose Fonte the job. If Pepe is unavailable, Carvalho would likely be back in alongside Fonte.Santos has also switched between Cedric Soares and Vierinha at right back and Eliseu and Raphael Guerreiro at left back.Regardless of whos playing, Portugals backs have struggled to keep up with opposing wingers. Pepe, however, has been there to make last-gasp clearances and to shield goalkeeper Rui Patricio.Bale and Wales attackers will no doubt be aiming to follow the same route.Portugal will already have to cope without holding midfielder William Carvalho, who has played well, due to suspension.We think it is going to be a battle, Fonte said. We are prepared for this and have done our best to play our game tomorrow. Fake Vans Slip-on . Marincin has played in two NHL games so far this season with two penalty minutes. The 21-year-old has three goals, four assists and a plus-5 rating in 24 games with the American Hockey Leagues Oklahoma City Barons this season. 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Martin raced home on a grounder for the go-ahead run. "I think we can go out there now and be competitive," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "I think we got the monkey off our back as far as having a total drought offensively. I think some guys are starting do some things all throughout the lineup. ... We start getting more consistent, then well get back to playing our baseball." Nelson Cruz, hitting third for the first time this season in Washingtons 50th different batting order in 72 games, had three hits and drove in two runs. Lance Berkman homered. Rangers starting pitchers had gone 17 consecutive games without a win since Derek Holland beat Kansas City on May 31. The teams previous longest such stretch was 16 in a row in 1975. They scored nine runs for the first time since a 9-5 win over Arizona on May 30. Their 14 hits were the most since the game Holland won. Texas opened the four-game series with an 8-7 win Monday night. That snapped a six-game losing streak when the Rangers scored a combined eight runs. With only their fourth win in 14 games, the Rangers pulled within two games of Oakland. The As will go for a split in the finale of the four-game series Thursday, but will leave Texas still in first place regardless of what happens. In the Oakland fifth, Grimm (6-5) walked Josh Reddick, a .206 hitter, before a wild pitch and then a walk to No. 9 hitter Eric Sogard. Young homered onto the hill in straightaway centre field for a 3-2 lead. Even though he was hitting only .186, Young was in the leadoff spot with Coco Crisp and John Jaso out of the starting lineup. Before that, the As didnt have a runner get past first base. But their lead didnt last long after Grimms last pitch. "Chris hits a big home run and thats a big momentum shift in the game,&quoot; manager Bob Melvin said. Fake Vans For Sale. "It didnt look like Tommy had his best stuff, we werent swinging the bats as well, it just seemed like it was their game for a bit, and now all of a sudden were ahead. So it is really important you go out there and shut it down." Murphy and Martin, left-handed hitters at the bottom of the Texas batting order, had consecutive singles off lefty Milone to start the fifth. Murphy scored on Kinslers fly ball and Martin immediately took off from third on Cruzs grounder. Third baseman Josh Donaldsons throw was to the first base-side of the plate, and by time Derek Norris caught it and reached back to try to apply a tag, Martin had slid past him and reached back with his hand to slap the plate. "There was a lot of stuff going on there ... I saw in my peripheral, I saw him running," Donaldson said. "I didnt think he was going to be running because of how hard the ball was hit. ... If I make the throw I normally do, hes out." Murphy had only seven hits in his previous 51 at-bats before hits in three consecutive innings -- two singles before a double in the seventh. Robinson Chirinos and Murphy had consecutive one-singles in the sixth to chase Milone, who allowed six runs and eight hits. Martin and Kinsler greeted Dan Otero with consecutive RBI singles. Jaso, who was getting a break before Thursdays day game, had to come in after Norris was struck by a foul tip off Adrian Beltres bat in the sixth. Norris went down to his knees and stayed in that position for several minutes before being helped off the field. "Any time you get hit in the you-know-what, its not the best feeling in the world," Norris said. "Ive had my share of shots in that area being behind the plate, but that was by far the worse pain Ive ever been in. ... Still feeling it pretty good." When play resumed, Beltre hit an RBI double for an 8-3 lead. Grimm allowed three hits, struck out three and walked three. "He got us five and kept us in the game. Thats all we ask," Washington said. "We were able to do the rest for him." NOTES: Rangers 1B Mitch Moreland completed a three-game rehabilitation assignment going 6 for 9 with three doubles and a homer for Double-A Frisco. He is eligible to be reinstated Friday for the opener of a three-game series at St. Louis. ... Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito threw the ceremonial first pitch. ... Oakland is 5-6 in its last 11 games. ... Berkmans homer was a two-run shot in the second for his sixth of the season. ' ' '