Middleman Ochoa turns 2 double plays, a triple play in TOTS' game

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Jesse Ochoa, 71, a second baseman for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, turned two doubles plays and ended up in the middle of a rare triple play today at Udall Park as Team White edged Team Blue 7-6 in an old-timers' game.

Ochoa turned a normal double play twice during the game. Still, the crazy play in the sixth inning resulted in an 8-4-3 triple play as centerfielder John Cooke made a shoestring catch and fired to Ochoa at second to double up the runner Joe Opocensky. Ochoa then threw on to first baseman Bill Misher to catch the runner Ron Ryan off the bag for the final out. The triple-killing eventually led to Team Blue's demise as they went quietly in the bottom of the seventh inning on a 6-4-3 double play.

Team White tacked on the winning run in the top of the seventh to break a 6-6 tie as Brack Whitaker doubled and Cooke singled in Whitaker with what proved to be today's game-winner.

Photo: Ochoa, today's middle-man.