Tolson, Thompson, Steele top three hitters for TOTS in June

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Tim Tolson, Doc Thompson and Mike Steele were the "big guns" on the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) baseball club for the month of June.

The top gun in hits went to Tolson, who batted 35 times during the month and grabbed a club-high 23 hits for a .657 average. Tolson also lead the club with 22 RBI, two home runs and tied with Lloyd Barzell for the most doubles with seven.

Thompson tied with Steele with 22 hits. Thompson ended up with the highest average with a .688 mark (22 for 32), while Steele finished with a .545 average (22 for 40) and tied for the most runs scored at 19 along with Barzell.

Barzell finished with a .656 average (21 for 32) to finish just one percentage point behind Tolson. Floyd Lance, 89, led the super seniors (the 80-and-over players) with a .257 average. Lance went 8 for 30, walked six times and drove in eight runs.

The top pitcher for the month turned out to be Jesse Ochoa, who lost his first start but then reeled off three straight wins.

The TOTS played 12 games during the month of June and already have five games in the books in July.

Photos: (top) Tolson, (middle) Thompson, (bottom) Steele.