‘Pitch’ Star Kylie Bunbury Thanks Fans In Post About “Role That Resonated With So Many People”

Erik Pedersen

Tue, May 2, 2017 at 4:11 AM UTC

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Fox has canceled the drama series "Pitch" after its rookie season, which featured Kylie Bunbery playing the role of Ginny Baker, the first woman to pitch in Major League Baseball.
The cancellation of "Pitch" was expected after all of its writers were released two weeks prior, despite the show receiving positive reviews and maintaining stable ratings throughout its run.
Kylie Bunbery expressed gratitude for the opportunity to portray Ginny Baker and thanked the cast, crew, creators, writers, and fans for their support in an emotional post on social media following the show's cancellation.

The woman who played the pitcher on Pitch wrote a postmortem on social media after Fox canceled the drama today after its rookie season. "I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to play a role that resonated with so many people," Kylie Bunbery wrote. Read her post in full below.

Bunbery played Ginny Baker, who makes history as the first woman to play Major League Baseball, pitching for the San Diego Padres. The series' cancellation had been near certainty after all of its writers were released two weeks ago. Pitch earned strong reviews when it debuted in the fall but never drew large enough viewership. Its ratings were pretty stable, though, averaging 3 million viewers and a 0.8 in 18-49 in Live+Same Day numbers.

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Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mark Consuelos, Dan Lauria, Mo McRae, Meagan Holder and Tim Jo also starred on the series from 20th Century Fox TV, creator/executive producer Dan Fogelman and EP Kevin Falls.

Here is Bunbery's post:

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