MSBL World Series
70-and-over division
Arizona Scorpions
The Arizona Scorpions evened their record at the MSBL World Series to 2-2 with a 9-4 win today over Dodgertown at the Salt River Complex -- the spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Scorpions, left 15 runners on base, but managed to bang out 14 hits and escaped with their second win a row, putting them in line for a possible playoff berth with a win tomorrow over the San Diego Padres -- a game to be held at the Chicago Cubs' Riverview Complex in Mesa, beginning at 10 a.m.
Pigpen Price and Chico Bigham, both from Tucson, each had two hits today -- Price 2 for 4 and Bigham 2 for 3. Price is 9 for 14 in the World Series. Dohrman Sinclair and Tony Contreres, both from Phoenix, also contributed two hits apiece.
Scorpions' workhorse Phil Webster (1-2) from Canby, Indiana pitched eight innings today and allowed just one earned run to pick up the win, while Bigham earned the save with a scoreless ninth inning.
Arnie White, Ed Eckert and Ron Petersen, three members of the Tucson Old Timers, were part of the Scorpions' hitting attack today -- all three going 1 for 4.
Scorpions' manager Jerry Hamelin was happy with the win, but would like to see his troops cut down on the mental errors. "We played pretty good defensively, but we made a lot of mental errors today and were lucky enough to pull out the win."
Hamelin will redo the lineup tonight and bat just 10 players tomorrow. "We need to turn over our lineup as many times as possible, giving the guys who are hitting the ball well another at bat or two."
It's a win or go home scenario, so Hamelin will deplete his pitching staff if he has to. Available to pitch tomorrow are Petersen, a lefty who is 1-0 in the tournament, Bigham, Webster and Tommy Barrow, a right-hander from Westcliff, Colorado.
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