The Oregon baseball team enjoyed a significant milestone Wednesday night, when the Miami Marlins promoted pitcher Scott McGough from Triple-A.
McGough, who appeared in 74 games for the Ducks between 2009-11, became the first player from the program to reach the big leagues since its reboot in 2009. A 25-year-old right-hander from Pittsburgh, McGough was with the New Orleans Zephyrs, his third minor-league stop during a season in which he’s accumulated an ERA of just 1.95 in 23 games.
The Zephyrs were in Sacramento on Wednesday. Because he’d only been there about a month, McGough wasn’t anticipating a promotion; that changed after he was called into the manager’s office.