Santa Maria Valley Packers relief pitcher Garrett Turner threw a strike to Santa Maria Pilots pinch hitter Jimmy Nelson in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday. The pitch was the first one he’d ...

Not only did Santa Maria Pilots second baseman J.P. Maestas have to charge a slow bouncer to try to prevent the tying run Friday, the ball took an unkind swerve.

The Santa Maria Pilots made the California Wahoos’ season debut a rough one, beating the Wahoos 10-4 in a semi-pro baseball game at Hancock College’s John Osborne Field Saturday.

For the two assistant coaches running their baseball teams Wednesday afternoon, the fact that the Santa Maria Pilots defeated the California Wahoos 5-3 was not the most important thing. It was the way ...