Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
For five innings right-hander Pete Maldonado tossed a shutout, and his team backed him up with several defensive gems. Unfortunately, the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers play seven innings.
Team White busted open the 7-0 shutout with four runs in the sixth inning and four more in the seventh to steal a win from Team Blue today at Udall Park. The game-winning run was produced not by a gapper to the fence or by a fly ball over the head of the outfielders but from a slow roller to third base by 76-year-old Miguel Urtaza.
With the score knotted at 7-7, Team Blue third baseman Reed Palmer elected to throw home to force out the runner Mike Griffo, but the throw home was late, and the runner scored to give Team White an 8-7 win while a happy Urtaza reached first base safely and began celebrating his walk-off win.
"A walk-off win," said a smiling Urtaza. "I've never had one of those before."
Right-hander Joe Opocensky pitched all seven innings for Team White to pick up the pitching victory, while Maldonado was saddled with the loss after posting nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard for five straight innings.
The top play of the day went to another old-timer, 77-year-old Jerry Hamelin, who made a nice grab in left field for Team Blue to snuff out a Team White rally in the fourth inning.
Photo: Urtaza
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