Team Blue rally falls short

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Team White  8  Team Blue  6

It was a battle between a bunch of tall old-timers at Udall Park today.

Team Blue had been chasing Team White for six innings and in the seventh inning Team Blue had their chance to the tie the game. Team Blue had scored a run and had runners at the corners with two out when hard-hitting Tim Boyd made his way to the plate.

Now down 8-6, Team Blue had one of their big men in the right place at the right time. Team White's 6-foot-6 right-hander Reed Palmer unleashed his next offering and tried to sneak a fastball by the 6-foot-2 Boyd.

The pitch was right down the middle. Boyd swung and hit a shot to third but right into the glove of Team White's third-sacker Joe Opocensky to end the game. Another competitive game against two 60-and-over baseball teams.

It was a classic matchup between the 61-year-old Palmer and the 62-year-old Boyd.

This time Palmer gets the pitching victory and another big fella, the 6-foot-4 left-hander John Mathews, was saddled with the loss. The 6-foot-1 Opocensky knocked in two of Team Blue's eight runs, while teammates Lloyd Barzell and Ron Petersen collected two hits apiece.

The "tall men" and the rest of the TOTS will be back in action on Friday at Udall Park, weather permitting. Game time: 9 a.m.