Scenes of downtown San Diego, Petco Park and the Coronado Bridge will be on TV screens across the nation this fall in the new FOX series “Pitch,” a fictional tale of a young woman becoming Major League Baseball’s first female player.

FOX agreed to pick the series up last week after viewing the pilot episode, which was filmed in San Diego this spring.

A three-minute online trailer shows multiple scenes inside Petco Park during fictional games, overhead shots of the ballpark that feature much of downtown and many other local sites.

The Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel is prominent in one scene, and another shows the lead character in her high-rise apartment with a view of the Coronado Bridge in the background.


The choice of San Diego for the local series is partly because of a renewed focus on reviving the city as a popular filming destination, a spokesman for Mayor Kevin Faulconer said on Thursday.

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The goal is boosting the economy with additional high-paying jobs and simultaneously increasing tourism by getting San Diego’s iconic sights onto TV and movie screens more often.

Faulconer and the City Council last year approved money for a filming program manager who is creating online directories of San Diego County filming locations and a list of local film crews and their experience.


The manager, Brandy Shimabukuro, is also creating an advertising campaign for film industry publications, while city officials develop the parameters of who should run a new film office, how much it should cost and what its specific goals should be.

The San Diego Film Commission fell victim to budget cuts in 2013.

“Pitch” stars Kylie Bunbury from the CBS series “Under the Dome” as young pitcher who the Padres call up from the minor leagues. The series is being made in cooperation with Major League Baseball.

Promotional materials describe her as the most important player in professional baseball since Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier.