Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Team Blue jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and then held off Team White for the next six innings for a 7-5 win in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers game today at Udall Park.
Reed Palmer highlighted a four-run first inning by Team Blue with a three-run homer -- his 20th of the season. Team Blue added three more runs down the stretch, but Team White fought back in every inning and had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the sixth.
Down 7-5 with two outs, Pigpen Price reached on a fielder's choice play and Mike Dawson followed with an opposite-field double, putting runners at second and third. Team White's next batter was the hard-hitting lefty Tim Tolson.
The Team Blue outfielders shifted to the right side of the field, leaving only Ken Nebesny in left-center field. Tolson hit the next outside pitch from Pete Maldonado to left field, but Nebesny camped under the ball at the warning track for the final out of the game.
Mike Dawson pitched well for Team White, but Palmer's first-inning homer was just too much to overcome. Palmer needs one more home run to tie the all-time club record of 21 and just two more homers to establish a new club record. Palmer established the record in 2017. Chances are good the club record will fall soon. It's still August and the TOTS' 2018 season ends on December 31.
Palmer and the TOTS are back in action on Monday at Udall Park. Game time: 9 AM.
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