Aces continue to dominate south-side teams

The Tucson Aces

60-and-over baseball

Due to the coronavirus, the 60-and-over Tucson Aces and their on-going battles with the south-side teams had come to a screeching halt. In fact, the last battle with the Old Pueblo Club occurred back on February 18 when the Aces rolled to a 13-1 win -- the Aces ninth victory in a row over the two south-side teams, Old Pueblo Club and the Arizona Rattlers.

Well, nothing has changed.

Today at Udall Park, the Aces jumped out to a 5-1 lead and held on for a 10-8 win over the Old Pueblo Club as the two clubs got together for a hot and dusty seven-inning contest.

Mike Dawson hurled the first five innings for the Aces and Randy Livingston came on in relief in the sixth and picked up the save. The Aces hit the ball well with Reed Palmer, Ron Petersen, Lloyd Barzell, Ken Nebesny and Dawson contributed two hits apiece. Livingston turned out to be the "top gun" with a single and a triple, while driving in three runs.

Old Pueblo, down 7-3 in the middle innings, went to their ace right-hander Glenn Vann in the late innings. Vann, one of the top pitchers in the 65-and-over division every year at the annual MSBL World Series in Phoenix,  struck out the side in his first inning of work, but the Aces were able to add a couple of insurance runs off Vann down the stretch to ice the game away.

Way to go, Aces!

Photo: Mike Dawson, today's winning pitcher.