Pitch (FOX 2016, Kylie Bunbury, Mark-Paul Gosselaar)

Pitch is the dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

A beautiful, tough and gifted athlete, Ginny Baker (Kylie Bunbury) is vaulted into instant fame when she’s called up by the San Diego Padres to make her Major League debut. Like any rookie, Ginny must prove herself to her teammates.

Foremost among them is Mike Lawson (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), the team’s ruggedly handsome star catcher. There’s instant chemistry between them, although neither dares admit it. After all, Mike is captain of the team and a few of his players don’t even want Ginny on the field. One of the players watching Ginny’s back is center fielder Blip Sanders (Mo McRae), an old friend from the minor leagues.

Guiding her is her agent/confidante Amelia Slater (Ali Larter). Amelia saw Ginny’s star potential early on and left her previous job as a Hollywood publicist to concentrate on the young phenom. Although groomed for this moment by her demanding father, Bill Baker, the end of Ginny’s improbable journey is the beginning of an almost impossible one: representing her gender as she embarks on a successful baseball career under the glare of the white-hot media spotlight.

It’s a goal hard enough for anyone to achieve – except this player is also a woman, who happens to be the most important historical figure in sports since Jackie Robinson. This season, Ginny Baker will be the other woman trying to break into one of the oldest, most exclusive men’s clubs in the country.

production details
USA | Fox – 20th Century Fox Television – Rhode Island Ave. Productions | 10×45 minutes | Broadcast 22 September – 8 December 2016

Dan Fogelman as Creator/Executive Producer
Helen Bartlett as Executive Producer
Jess Rosenthal as Executive Producer
Kevin Falls as Executive Producer
Paris Barclay as Executive Producer/Director (Pilot)
Rick Singer as Creator/Executive Producer
Tony Bill as Executive Producer

cast
Kylie Bunbury as Ginny Baker
Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Mike Lawson
Mo McRae as Blip Sanders
Dan Lauria as Al Luongo
Ali Larter as Amelia Slater
JoAnna Garcia as Rachel Patrick
Alex Solowitz as Shrek
Mark Consuelos as Oscar Arguella
Meagan Holder as Evelyn Sanders
Tim Jo as Eliot