Aces slam Old Pueblo Club

TOTS Senior Baseball Network

60-and-over baseball

The last time the 60-and-over Aces took on the Old  Pueblo Club they stranded 14 runners and lost 1-0, but today at Udall Park the Aces banged out 18 hits as everyone in the lineup hit safely en route to an 11-7 win.

A five-run fourth inning extended the Aces' 4-2 lead to 9-2 and they added two insurance runs in the sixth to put the game out of reach. Old Pueblo Club tried to rally in the top of the seventh when they scored three runs, thanks mainly to three infield errors by the Aces, but with two runners on and two outs, center fielder Dennis Crowley tracked down a hard hit ball to the warning track in left-center field to end the game.

First baseman Jeff Helzel had a three-hit day for the Aces, as did Ted Davis, while Crowley ripped two doubles today -- one down the left field line and another to the gap in left center.

Right hander Arnie White pitched all seven innings for the Aces and picked up the win.

"We played well today," Aces' manager Jerry Hamelin said. "Except for a defensive lapse in the top of the seventh inning, this is."