Thunder Tim led the TOTS in hits in July

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

July's stats are in for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers.

And once again it's a familiar name at the top of the stat sheets.

Thunder Tim Tolson.

Tolson (in photo left) went 17 for 30 for the month, a .567 batting average. He also scored the most runs with 13, just two runs ahead of Big John Mathews with 11.

Other top hitters for the month included Mike Dawson (14 for 26, a .538 average), Bob Daliege (13 for 25, a .520 average), Joe Opocensky (13 for 20, a .650 average) and Ernesto Escala (12 for 22, a .545 average).

The hot-hitting Randy Livingston played in just four games, but was a sizzling 10 for 11 -- a .909 batting average.

Other players with at least 10 hits included Jesse Ochoa (10 for 21), Mark Rupert (10 for 25) and Mathews (10 for 22). Dawson was the top gun in RBI with 12, Mathews was second with 11 runs-batted-in and Reed Palmer was third with 10.

Palmer hit his fifth homer of the year and is now sitting on 99 career home runs -- a club record.

Escala led all pitchers for the month with a 3-0 record. His 28 innings of work topped the pitching staff, while Daliege was second in innings pitched with 24. Rupert was also unbeaten with a 2-0 slate.

Go, TOTS! Monday starts a new month. August will be another scorcher, but it won't keep the old-timers off the field of play.