Tucson Aces
60-and-over baseball
Old Pueblo Club 9 Tucson Aces 7
The Tucson Aces traveled to Santa Rita Park this morning and took on the Old Pueblo Club in a 60-and-over baseball game. Final score: Old Pueblo Club 9 Tucson Aces 7.
The Aces put together a five-run inning in the top of the fifth -- capped off by a two-run single up the middle by Pigpen Price to take a 6-3 lead, but Old Pueblo battled back with a five-run inning of their own and added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth and enjoyed a 9-6 advantage as the game moved on to the seventh and final inning.
The Aces picked up a run on a double by Thunder Tim Tolson and with two outs had runners at the corners in the top of the seventh. To top it off the Aces had the meat of the order up -- John Mathews at the plate and hard-hitting lefty Reed Palmer on deck.
Mathews, who had doubled back in the fifth with a blast over the head of Old Pueblo's left fielder Bobby Long, hit a high hopper in front of the plate and was called out on a questionable call by the umpire, who said Mathews was hit by the ball in fair territory.
Still, a very competitive game. The Aces' starting pitcher Pete Maldonado was saddled with the loss, while Chris Carino, who relieved Old Pueblo's starter Joe Jimenez in the fifth inning, picked up the win.
The Aces hit the ball well through out the game with hard hit balls from Ron Petersen, Palmer, Price, Tolson and Mathews, but the five-run fifth by Old Pueblo turned the tide.
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