Peters goes 4 for 4, drives in 2 runs in 8-5 TOTS' win

 

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Pete Peters, 70, went 4 for 4 and drove in two runs to lead Team Blue to a 8-5 win over Team White today at Udall Park in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers game. Team Blue collected 16 hits and Joe Opocensky went the distance to pick up the win, while Doc Thompson, 78, was saddled with the hard-luck loss.

Opocensky helped his own cause with three hits, while four of his teammates -- Ken Nebesny, Tim Tolson, John Mathews and Jesse Ochoa -- chipped in two hits apiece. Team Blue scored a run in the first, another in the second, three runs in the fourth, three more in the fifth and never trailed in the game.

Team White tried to battle back in the late innings helped out by Reed Palmer's eighth home run of the year -- a two-run shot over the right field fence in the fifth. Team White scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and had the tying run at the plate with two outs, but Thompson popped out to Team Blue's first baseman Dave Byars to end the game.

Team Blue collected 12 hits in the game. Palmer also doubled and walked twice, while Mike Steele, Ron Ryan and Pigpen Price added two hits apiece.

The TOTS return to action at Udall on Wednesday. Game time: 8:30 a.m.

Photo: Pete Peters and the hard-swinging Reed Palmer, who belted his 8th homer of the year today at Udall Park.