Battery combo of Abramson-Dean lead Team Blue to a 10-3 TOTS' win

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Team Blue 10  Team White  3

The catcher-pitcher combination of Larry Abramson and Sam Dean led Team Blue to a 10-3 win over Team White today at Udall Park in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers game.

Abramson, 68, tossed a five-hitter and allowed a lone run in the first inning and two runs in the seventh, while Dean, 65, handled duties behind the plate and collecting three hits in the game. Dean scored three runs and knocked in a run, while Abramson helped his own cause with two hits and scored twice. Dean has been on fire his last three games in June with eight hits in 11 trips to the plate -- a blistering .727 batting average.

Team Blue scored in every inning, except the fifth when they plated a four-spot, while Team White went  without scoring runs in the middle innings, but managed a lone run in the first inning and two runs in the bottom of the seventh.

The TOTS will be back in action on Wednesday at Udall. Game time: 8:30 AM.

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Photo: Sam Dean collected three hits today to help TOTS' Blue to a 10-3 win and is now eight for 11 in his last three games -- a .727 batting average.