Old Pueblo Club slips by Aces

TOTS Senior Baseball Network (TSBN)

60-and-over Aces


The Aces' Dennis Crowley banged out three hits and right-hander Doc Thompson pitched a complete game, striking out five and walking just one batter, in a 6-5 loss to the Old Pueblo Club this morning at Santa Rita Park.

The visiting Aces jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but Old Pueblo bounced back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning and the battle was on.

Back to back doubles in the bottom of the fourth produced four more runs for Old Pueblo, giving them a 6-2 lead, but in the top of the seventh, the Aces fought back. The Aces plated three runs and had the bases loaded with no outs and a chance to not only pull even but put up some big numbers in the process.

The Aces had the heart of their order coming up, but things just didn't pan out as Lloyd Barzell popped up to third for the first out and Bob Daliege grounded into a double play to end the game.

Frank Castillo picked up the win in relief for the Old Pueblo Club. Joe Banner singled in the second inning and his two-run double in the fourth started the four-run rally for the Old Pueblo Club.

Banner's heroics shocked the Aces' manager Jerry Hamelin. "We've played against Banner many times over the years and he historically isn't the player that beats us. Today, he got a hold of one and burned our left fielder."

The Aces out hit Old Pueblo 14-8 and, according to Hamelin, received a good outing from Thompson. "Doc pitched a good game for us, but we just didn't string together enough hits in the seventh inning to give us the lead and give Doc a chance to go out and win it."

It was the second one-run loss to Old Pueblo in the last three months. Barzell threw a complete-game for the Aces back in March, yet lost, 1-0. The Aces beat the south side team 11-7 last month.

The Aces will be out to even the score next month.