The Tucson Golden Aces (60-over-division) lost their first game of the Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) World Series this afternoon at Goodyear Stadium, 13-9, to a team from St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Aces, down 6-0 in the top of the first inning, battled back with two runs in the second, two more in the third, and three more in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead. Tucson picked up another two runs in the sixth, but the bats went cold after that, while St. Paul came back with three runs in its half of the seventh and four more in the eighth to put the game away.
St. Paul moved to 3-0 in the 2010 MSBL World Series, while the Aces dropped to 2-1. Tucsonan George Gafner pitched four tough innings for the Aces. Frank Castillo and Joe Jimenez, also from Tucson, shared the pitching duties the rest of the way. Ernesto "Doc" Escala went 3 for 4 at the plate to lead the Aces, which needs two wins in their next three outings to qualify for the playoffs on Friday. The Aces will play Team America and the San Antonio Sox in a doubleheader on Wednesday and will finish out their pool play on Thursday with a single game against the Red Deer Snowbirds from Canada.
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