Texans fall to Oklahoma team, 14-7

Men's Senior Baseball League World Series

70-and-over Central Division

San Antonio Texans

Game 5

The San Antonio Texans couldn't get the key hits when they needed it and lost Game 5 at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series today at Red Mountain Park in Mesa, Arizona to Driscoll's Landscaping, out of Norman, Oklahoma, 14-7.

The loss left the Texans with a 3-2 record after the five-game round robin, but still good enough to garner second place in the Central Division 1. New England (5-0) grabs the top spot in Central Division 1, while the Chicago Grays (5-0) grabs the top spot in Central Division 2. The Colorado Cardinals finish second in Central Division 2 with a 4-1 mark.

The seeding for Friday's playoff games will be announced later tonight, but the Texans -- with five players from the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers -- will need to win two games tomorrow to make it to the championship game on Saturday morning. The playoffs will be played at the Salt River Complex in Scottsdale, spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies. The championship game is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday morning at Fitch Park in Mesa.

Today, the Texans managed to score just one run after three innings of play. Pigpen Price, from the Tucson Old Timers, walked and later scored from third in the bottom of the third on a fielder's choice play. The Texans put together a rally in the eighth and scored five runs -- thanks in part to hits from TOTS' players  Lloyd Barzell, Bob Daliege, Pete Peters and Bill Mishler.

Barzell ended up 3 for 3 on the day, Daliege went 1 for 3, Peters went 1 for 3, while Mishler collected two hits.  Barzell has gone 6 for 6 in his last two games, despite an injury to his right index finger, which required five stitches after Game 2 of the MSBL World Series.