The 33rd Men's Senior Baseball League World Series
DeLon "Doc" Thompson started and hurled the first five innings to pick up the win and Arnold Mares pitched the last four innings as the Tucson Toros nipped the San Antonio Texans 4-3 today at the Tempe Diablo annex field #6 in a first-round game of the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series.
Thompson, who plays year around for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers (TOTS), went up against the Texans, who have four of the TOTS players on their roster -- Bob Daliege, Bill Mishler, Mike Steele and Pete Peters.
Daliege went 1 for 3 today and scored a run, while Mishler went 0 for 2 and Steele walked once in three plate appearances. Peters is nursing a sore back and did not play today.
"I hurt my back last Friday in a TOTS' game," Peters said. "It's just one of those things. I hope to play later in the week."
As for Thompson, it was his day from the get go. "I felt good out there," Thompson said. "I could have gone another inning, but we decided to play it safe." Mares, a member of the Tucson Old Pueblo Cub, pitched well, allowing just two runs in his four innings of work. Thompson allowed just one unearned run in five innings and left the game with a 4-1 lead.
Ernesto Escala, another member of the TOTS, played for the Toros today and collected one hit and scored a run.
The Texans play Oklahoma tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Peoria, while the Toros play the Colorado Cardinals in Goodyear at 9 a.m. Both games are Stadium games. Peoria is the spring training home of the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners, while Goodyear is the spring training home of the Cleveland Indians and the Cincinnati Reds.
Way to go, guys! Good luck tomorrow.
Photos: Doc Thompson (top) and the 3 Amigos -- Mike Steele, Bill Mishler and Bob Daliege.
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