Nathan Sphon began the season wearing florescent yellow and putting up Ks on the left-field fence at Kelly Automotive Park as a summer intern for the Butler BlueSox Prospect League baseball team.

Against Lorain Monday night, Sphon put up a K on the left-field fence, but not as an intern wearing yellow, but as a Butler pitcher wearing blue pinstripes.

“No, I can’t say I thought I would go from being an intern to a pitcher this year,” said Sphon, who pitched this spring at Point Park University. “But I knew I could do it.”

Sphon’s journey from the left-field fence to the mound wasn’t as smooth as trotting in from the bullpen.

In fact his career has seen more change-ups than one of his bullpen sessions.

Sphon, now a junior at Point Park, graduated from Greensburg Salem High School and had a scholarship in hand to pitch at Duquesne University.

There was only one problem: Duquesne eliminated its baseball program before he even stepped foot on campus.

Sphon landed at West Chester University and was part the Golden Rams’ 2012 national championship team, but wanted to play closer to home and transferred to Point Park.

This spring the left-hander who possesses a sinking fastball and a good change-up, went 3-4 with a 2.89 ERA.

Sphon has pitched some this summer in the Federation League — an adult baseball circuit in Pittsburgh — but spent most of his time working with BlueSox general manager Matt Cunningham in the Butler front office.

That changed when a shortage of arms late this season opened up an opportunity for Sphon, who pitched a bullpen session for Butler manager Anthony Rebyanski this weekend and was added to the roster for Monday’s game.

Sphon pitched two innings of relief Monday, striking out one, walking one and giving up one run.

Many of the BlueSox interns crowded around the balcony overlooking home plate and cheered with each strike and with each out their former co-worker rung up.

“He’s going to be a little crafty lefty to come in and keep guys off-balance,” Rebyanski said. “He did a great job. His numbers at Point Park were pretty good. Lefties figure out how to get it done. They always do.”

Sphon was excited to get his chance to work Monday. He wasn’t pleased with the run he gave up, however.

“I was mad I gave up a run even though the game was out of hand a little bit,” Sphon said.

Rebyanski said that while he couldn’t predict the future, he expects Sphon to have a role in the bullpen down the stretch.

“He has some good offspeed stuff,” Rebyanski said. “He’s going to help us.”

Sphon is just happy to get a chance in a summer that has been an unusual one to say the least.

“It’s pretty crazy,” Sphon said. “It’s pretty wild. But I’m happy to be here and get this chance.”