By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

Former George County Trevor McDonald will take center stage in the world of baseball Sunday night.

McDonald, a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, will climb the mound in legendary Wrigley Field to face the Chicago Cubs. The game will be broadcast on NBC television, as part of the “Sunday Night Game of the Week” series at 6 p.m., central time.

The 25-year-old McDonald, who is 2-3 overall with a 4.50 earned run average so far this season, has never faced the Cubs in his career. He has allowed three or fewer runs in five of his six starts this season, and has worked 34 innings for the Giants this season.

“This is a true testament to what it looks like when talent and work ethic collide,” George County head baseball coach Brandon Davis, who coached McDonald during his time with the Rebels, said. “I could not be more proud of a guy who represents his state, county, school and family!”

McDonald is coming off of  an 8-3 loss at Milwaukee on Tuesday, as he allowed three runs in five innings. However, his teammates couldn’t do hardly anything against Brewers starter Kyle Harrison, which didn’t help his cause.

Prior to that outing, McDonald was sharp in blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks through five innings. However, he’d give up two runs in the sixth and another in the seventh, which proved to be enough to stick him with the loss in a 3-2 defeat.

After being called up about six weeks ago to the Major League Club, McDonald dazzled in his 2026 debut with eight strikeouts over seven innings of one-run ball in a win over the Padres,

He followed that up by giving up by allowing just one run on five hits while striking out five over 6.2 innings to earn a win over the Athletics.

The 2019 George County graduate headed straight to the pros after being drafted in the 11th round (326th overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants. He had originally signed to play at South Alabama before finishing his senior season with the Rebels 8-2 with a 1.78 ERA in 12 games, striking out 105 and walking 15 in 51 innings and then deciding to turn pro.