Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
The TOTS played a baseball game in honor of our Veterans today at Udall Park.
It turned out to be a lopsided affair as Team Blue came out with guns a blazing and walked away with a 15-3 thumping over Team White. Team Blue displayed plenty of ammo with four players collecting 15 of their 20 hits on the day.
Leading the way was newcomer Rick Blitzer, 65, with a perfect 4 for 4 day, while regulars Bob Daliege went 4 for 5, Tim Tolson went 4 for 5 with four runs-batted-in and Doc Thompson, a perfect 3 for 3, with two walks and four RBI.
It was a good day for a trio of newcomers on Team White as Bobby Long picked up three hits, Mark Capley added two hits and scored one of his team's three runs, while Carl Schwanbeck, 74, added a hit and a sacrifice bunt.
The Catch of the Day came from Team Blue's centerfielder Tim Boyd, who grabbed an over-the-shoulder catch at the warning track off the bat of the hard hitting Reed Palmer. It was just a week ago that Palmer, and Tolson for that matter, had collected the first home runs for the month of November. Tolson's blast last week punctured a hole in the scoreboard (just kidding, maybe a little dent), while Palmer's home run found the trees, as usual, over the right field fence.
The TOTS will close out the week at Udall with a game at 10 a.m. on Friday.
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