AZ Rattlers edge Aces' Elite squad...

The Arizona Rattlers edged the Tucson Golden Aces Elite team, 8-5, on Nov. 16 to highlight this week's senior baseball action at Udall Park.

Right-hander Tom Barrow,70, who recently returned from the MSBL World Series, pitched a complete-game for the southside Rattlers. Barrow, a resident of Green Valley, was in trouble early, down 3-0, thanks to a hard hit single to right by Ron Petersen and a two-run single down the third-base line by Danny Price.

Unfortunately, the Aces gave back the three runs in the bottom of the first on three throwing errors on way play. But still, it turned into a competitive matchup with the Aces' southside rivals, who have a history of walking away with double-digit wins.

Pitcher Pete Cerenzia, from Spokane, Washington, went the distance for the Aces, allowing just two earned runs. Cerenzia singled to left field to open up the bottom of the 7th inning, but the Aces' couldn't muster a rally and lost another hard-fought contest to the Rattlers.

The Aces Elite squad are coached by 81-year-old Brad Tolson, a former pitcher for the Arizona Wildcats (1949, 1950) and Floyd Lance, 85, a member of the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) since 1999. Lance said, after the game, "Errors will cost ya, they always have and always will."