Tucson Aces
60-and-over baseball
Mike Dawson went 3 for 3, Reed Palmer drove in three runs and John Mathews added two key hits and scored the game-winning run as the 60-and-over Tucson Aces edged the Old Pueblo Club 8-7 this morning at Udall Park.
The Aces scored two runs in the first inning, put together six hits to score four runs in the bottom of the third inning and completed their scoring with two insurance runs in the sixth to put away the visitors from the southside of Tucson. Pete Peters, Tim Tolson, Joe Opocensky, Dawson, Palmer and Mathews all hit safely in the third inning off Old Pueblo's starter Rudy Duarte.
Duarte pitched well. He struck out six batters, but it was Opocensky, the Aces' starter, who picked up the win, allowing only six hits, while striking out two in seven innings of work. The Aces' eighth run of the game occurred with two outs in the bottom of the sixth when Mathews scored from third base on a passed ball.
Down 8-5 in the top of the seventh, the Old Pueblo Club tried to put together a rally with run-scoring singles from Joe Jimenez and Bobby Long, but Opocensky wiggled his way out of trouble to earn the win.
Photo: Today's winning pitcher Joe Opocensky
Today's Aces:
C -- Pete Peters and Roger Beebe
P -- Joe Opocensky
1B -- John Mathews
2B -- Pigpen Price
3B -- Tim Tolson and Mike Dawson
SS -- Lloyd Barzell
LF -- George Staas
CF -- Reed Palmer
RF -- Ron Ryan
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