Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
A couple of blowouts highlighted this week's action at Udall Park.
On Monday, Dennis Crowley, John Mathews and Mike Dawson combined for nine hits in 12 plate appearances as Team White scored four runs in the first, two in the third and six runs in the sixth to run away from Team Blue, 12-2, while Wednesday's affair saw Team Blue blow by Team White, 13-1, as Ken Nebesny and Pete Peters both went 4 for 5 and knocked in a combined four runs.
Normally the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers battle to the wire with many of the games ending in walk-off wins. Not this week.
On Monday, Dawson went the distance and picked up the easy win. He struck out four. On Wednesday, Pete Maldonado threw a gem. He pitched seven innings, allowing one run on six hits. He struck out three and walked three.
Crowley, a lefty, put together seven hits in nine trips to the plate and scored six runs in the two games.
On Monday, Pigpen Price, 75, returned to the mound for the first time in over a year. It wasn't pretty.
With the game pretty much decided, Price strolled to the mound in the sixth inning for Team Blue and threw 10 pitches -- two for strikes and eight pitches wide of the strike zone.
"I faced two batters and walked them both," Price said. "It was ugly. The neck and shoulder hurt with every delivery."
On the other hand, Maldonado, 68, who like Price, has been out of action close to a year due to injuries, has picked up right where he left off. "It feels good to be back on the mound," he said on Wednesday, after tossing a gem.
The TOTS return to Udall Park on Friday at Udall. Game time: 10 a.m.
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