Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Jerry Hamelin turns 77 in November. Jerry joined the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers in 2002 and after 15 years with the organization is among the top-10 all-time in hits with a shade over 1, 300.
Jerry no longer plays on a daily basis. One injury or another has seen to that. But today Jerry was back in the lineup at Udall Park and came up with the key hit which proved to be the game winner.
With the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inning and the score all square at 6-6, Hamelin singled up the middle to score two runs and put Team Blue up, 8-6. Lefty Dennis Crowley pitched a complete game for Team Blue and nailed down the bottom of the seventh, coaxing three Team White batters into ground outs to give Team Blue a hard-fought win.
As for Jerry, he found a pitch from Team White's right-hander Lloyd Barzell to his liking, and drilled his key hit over the bag at second and into the outfield. By the time the Team White outfielders were able to get the ball back to the infield two runs had crossed the plate.
Reed Palmer led Team White with two hits and three RBI, while John Mathews doubled twice to right field, walked once and drove in two runs for the winning team.
The TOTS will be back in action on Friday at Udall. Game time 9 a.m.
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