 He made his Major League debut, starting at second base, at the age of 31 on May 5 against the San Francisco Giants, a game in which he recorded his first Major League hit against Tim Lincecum, winner of the 2008 National League Cy Young Award.He scored his first Major League run later that inning when Sean Marshall singled.On May 8, 2009, Scales hit his first Major League triple off of Dave Bush.