The Santa Barbara Foresters' roster is starting to fill out with even more late-arriving standouts, and the team is starting to look more and more like the defending national champs every single day.AJ Griffin made his first start of the summer on Sunday and pitched a one-hitter through five innings, striking out six in the Foresters' 6-1 win over the visiting California Wahoo.Griffin, the single-season and career record holder in saves at the University of San Diego, is trying to hone … [Read more...]

The pitchers continued to get the job done, and the bats and defense bounced back as the Santa Barbara Foresters picked up a 7-1 win over the visiting California Wahoo at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on Saturday. The game was called in the middle of the eighth due to darkness.Santa Barbara pitcher Tim Crabbe, still undecided on his future after being drafted by the Cincinnati Reds earlier this week, danced out of danger a few times and struck out nine in five shutout innings. … [Read more...]

It’s not often you see nine errors committed in a baseball game. Two days in a row? That’s just plain bizarre. A day after pulling out a 3-2 extra-inning win up in Santa Maria, the Santa Barbara Foresters found themselves on the losing end of a 4-3 decision at the hands of the So Cal Black Sox at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Friday. "I’m a little disappointed,” said coach Bill Pintard. “Not with the hitting, but with the defense. You need to be able to throw and catch.” … [Read more...]

SANTA MARIA — The Santa Barbara Foresters took their first road trip of the season on Wednesday, and it seemed almost as if the bat bags weren’t loaded on the bus. Twenty-three consecutive Santa Barbara hitters were set down at Elks Field as the host Santa Maria Packers prevailed 3-2, handing the Foresters their first loss of the young season. “It was really strange. The change in scenery might have affected our hitters a little bit,” said coach Pat Burns. “You could just tell our … [Read more...]

The six-time defending California Collegiate League champions weren't about to lose their conference opener.Tim Kelley of Wichita State pitched six scoreless innings Tuesday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 3-1 win over the visiting Santa Maria Packers."The big stat of the day is that we're 1-0 in the league," said associate head coach Pat Burns. "There's a perception in the league that the Foresters win, and any time we start out by fulfilling … [Read more...]

There are star players from all over the country itching to chip in for the defending NBC champion Foresters, but sometimes you don't have to look far for key contributors. Westmont hurler Tim Crabbe pitched a complete-game shutout in the opener of Sunday's doubleheader against the San Diego Waves, a 6-0 Santa Barbara victory at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Steve Cook, who represents the other two local college programs as a current UCSB Gaucho and past SBCC Vaquero, had four hits in the second … [Read more...]