Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Team White's Joe Opocensky, 70, is a meat cutter at Albertsons, but today he was at Udall Park on the mound as he carved up Team Blue 10-1 in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers game.
The Big "O" was slicin' and a dicin' for seven innings as he blew through the "meat" of the Team Blue batting order, which included power hitters Tim Tolson and John Mathews and contact hitters Ken Nebesny and Ron Petersen. Only Opocensky's counterpart on the mound, Ernie Escala, had a good day at the plate with three hits in three trips to the batter's box.
Escala gave up seven runs in four innings of work and gave way to Petersen in the fifth. Petersen allowed three runs as Team White banged out four extra-base hits, while Opocensky received plenty of support defensively with four double plays behind him.
Team White's leadoff batter Roger Beebe went 3 for 4, while Reed Palmer, Mike Steele and Opocensky contributed two hits apiece. Both of Palmer's hits were doubles, while Pigpen Price and Beebe also doubled.
Team Blue's catcher Bill Mishler, who went 3 for 3 and a walk last Friday, singled and walked today, to keep his "hot streak" alive. Rob Morse knocked in the only run for Team Blue with an RBI-single in the fifth as the fleet-footed Dennis Crowley scampered home to avoid the shutout.
Photo: Opocensky
Today's boxscore:
Team White 10 Team Blue 1
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