Stealing home takes a certain amount of swagger and aggressiveness, which are both qualities that the Santa Barbara Foresters have in ample supply.Second-year player Casey McMurray stole three bases in Tuesday's 12-0 drubbing of the visiting Conejo Oaks, including a second-inning swipe of home in which he challenged Scott Bachman and his fastball in a race to the plate."I asked (third base coach Casey Cloud) to time the pitcher's wind-up and it was nearly three seconds, so I told him I … [Read more...]

There's no question about who the ace of the Santa Barbara Foresters pitching staff is.A.J. Griffin struck out eight and allowed just three hits with no walks in six innings of work Sunday as the Foresters picked up a 6-2 win to complete a 3-game sweep of the visiting San Luis Obispo Rattlers. He has now pitched 17 scoreless innings to start the summer."He'll get strike one and before you sit down he'll get strike two. You'd better get to your seats early when he's pitching, because he's … [Read more...]

Pitcher Matt Hutchinson was a fireman for the Santa Barbara Foresters in their 4-3 win over the visiting San Luis Obispo Rattlers on Saturday afternoon."Hutch is a jam guy and a fire-stopper... We were in a little bit of trouble and so we called on the fireman and he came in to put out the fire," said manager Bill Pintard.The fire began as Kevin Dickey came in as the closer with Santa Barbara up 4-1 in the top of the ninth. The UC Riverside pitcher struck out the first batter he faced … [Read more...]