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Padres reliever Daniel Camarena gets first career hit: A grand slam off Max Scherzer

If you entered Thursday having not heard of Daniel Camarena, you could be forgiven.

The San Diego Padres minor leaguer is 28 years old, was playing for his fourth career organization and held a 5.24 ERA at the Triple-A level. That's not typically the resume of a future All-Star.

He was one of two pitchers the Padres called up from Triple-A El Paso on Thursday — his second callup of the season — to get some fresh arms into their bullpen, but San Diego only used him once the team fell behind 6-0 to the Washington Nationals thanks to a rough outing from ace Yu Darvish.