The club announced the news Friday afternoon The San Diego Padres play the Los Angeles Dodgers later tonight with Nick Martinez on the mound but before that happens, there was some more business that needed to take place.
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OH HELL YEAH! For his first major-league hit, reliever Daniel Camarena joined the ranks of the Slam Diego elite and Trent Grisham knocked a walk-off single into right field to complete San Diego’s wild comeback from eight runs down to top the Nationals 9-8 on Thursday night at Petco Park.
San Diego Padres pitcher Daniel Camarena appeared in just his second MLB game on Thursday night, and it would be hard to imagine him ever having a more memorable performance.
The left-hander then stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth, hitting a 1-2 fastball into the right-field stands for his first MLB hit.
The Padres reliever notched his first career hit in a big way, taking Max Scherzer deep for a grand slam. View the original article to see embedded media.
The Padres selected the contract of southpaw Daniel Camarena from Triple-A El Paso to take Johnson’s roster spot. Camarena has yet to make his major league debut, but he’s likely to do so this weekend.