Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Pete Maldonado is a crafty right-hander.
Today at Udall Park, Maldonado had the magic touch on the mound as he allowed one lone run en route to a 4-1 win for Team Blue over Team White in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers game.
Maldonado coaxed the Team White hitters into a lot of ground ball outs. Team White scored their lone run in the second inning on an RBI single to left field by Dick Ducklow and the rest of the game was all goose eggs, while Lloyd "Baby Bull" Barzell went 3 for 4 and drove in two of the four runs for Team Blue.
The catch of the day went to Team White's left fielder John Mathews, who ran down a hard hit ball off the bat of Dave Byars. Mathews scampered to his left and made an over-the-shoulder, running catch to rob Byars of a hit.
As for Maldonado, he had plenty of help today -- especially from his infielders, as 12 of the 21 outs came from his infield, which consisted of Byars at first base, Barzell at second, Tim Tolson at shortstop and Pigpen Price at third base.
"The result of today's game was a lot different from last Friday," Maldonado said. Maldonado lost 12-5 in his last outing as most of the hits against him were bloopers -- all falling in to no man's land.
Today was a different story as the Team White hitters pounded the ball right at some one.
As for the weather, mid 60s and a clear blue sky. More of the same is expected on Friday when the TOTS close out the week with a game at 10 a.m.
No comments:
Post a Comment