Aces fall to Rattlers at Mission Manor

TOTS Senior Baseball Network (TSBN)

60-and-over baseball

The 60-and-over Aces have had the Arizona Rattlers' number in recent games. The Aces have played great defense and come up of with key hits to take down the south side seniors. But yesterday at Mission Manor Park the visiting Aces couldn't get the job done -- defensively or offensively.

The result: A 6-5 loss to the Rattlers. All six runs by the Rattlers were unearned as a hand full of throwing errors proved costly and the bats remained silent all the way through to the seventh and final inning.

In the top of the seventh, the Aces loaded the bases and had a chance to pull out the win, but two strike outs and a pop up to third base left the runners stranded and the Aces headed home with their first loss to the 60-and-over Rattlers in over two months.

Right hander Lloyd Barzell put in a gutsy performance on the mound for the Aces, going all seven innings while walking just three batters.

"We didn't play our best," Barzell said. "And there were a few calls that didn't go our way."

The south side team had the edge in this one. The two team will collide again in two weeks. Next time will be in the Aces' neck of the woods -- Udall Park.

Above photo: Lloyd Barzell, 62, hurls complete-game against the Arizona Rattlers and allows no earned runs in seven innings.