TOTS Senior Baseball Network (TSBN)
60-and-over Aces
The 60-and-over Aces banged out 14 hits at Udall Park today and went on to beat the Old Pueblo Club, 11-6.
Lead-off batter Dennis Crowley went 3 for 4 and shortstop Lloyd Barzell reached base four times with three hits and a walk as the Aces had little trouble figuring out the offerings of Old Pueblo's starting pitcher, Mike Morales.
The Aces scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, added a run in the second and plated three more in the third, giving their starter, Chico Bigham, a 7-0 cushion.
In the meantime, Bigham (above photo) threw a perfect first, second and third inning and had one out in the top of the fourth when Old Pueblo's right fielder Jose Rios stepped to the plate. Rios, not known for home run power, sent a Bigham fastball over the left field fence to ruin the no-hitter and the perfect game.
The Aces would eventually add four more runs in the sixth by stringing together five hits and a couple of walks, while Old Pueblo pushed across a couple of runs in the sixth and three more in the top of the seventh to complete the scoring.
Bigham got plenty of support from his teammates in this one as Ted Davis, Ron Petersen and Pigpen Price contributed two hits apiece. Petersen drove in four runs, Davis two and Price had a run batted in.
Tim Tolson, Pete Peters and Jerry Hamelin also hit safely as the Aces continue to pound out the hits this summer and now own back-to-back wins during the months of July and August over the two south-side 60-and-over teams, the Arizona Rattlers and the Old Pueblo Club.
Game note: The oldest player on the field today was the Aces' 83-year-old Billy Heiny. Billy caught the entire game. The combined ages of the Aces' battery today of Bigham, 74, and Heiny total 157 years.
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