Baseball: Estes to join Padres today

MLB.com is reporting that Douglas High graduate Shawn Estes will be called up to join the San Diego Padres for their series finale in Atlanta this afternoon.


Estes began the season with Triple-A Portland and posted a 3.67 ERA and a 4-2 record through six starts.


He's expected to pitch out of the bullpen for the Padres.


Estes, a 1991 graduate from Douglas, has 99 career wins in the major leagues and has pitched for the Rockies, Diamondback and Padres in recent years although he made his big-league debut with San Francisco, where he was an All-Star in 1997.


He was drafted by the Mariners out of high school.

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