6/4/15 East Texas Pump Jacks Baseball vs Acadiana Cane Cutters by Jim Bauer & Sarah Miller
Read MorePlayer Anthony Donovan throws the ball to first base during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Eddie Dionne pitches during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Acadiana's Taylor Braley is safe as Pump Jacks player Alex Bell tags him during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Dylan Mecham runs to first base during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Dilon Argo walks back to second base during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler Moore is safe at first base during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jacob Clark sells beer at the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Graham Smith, 6, plays a speed pitch game before the start of the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A baseball fan has his ticket checked as he enters the stadium for the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A line of baseball fans wait to purchase tickets at the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Player Anthony Donovan autographs a baseball for fan Levi Huff, 8, of Van, before East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
East Texas Pump Jacks First Home Game in Tyler
Max Oxler of Tyler and his children Maggie Oxler, 4, and Austin Oxler, 5, meet the East Texas Pump Jacks mascots Boomer and Derrick before their first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field on the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. The Oxlers are the hose family for player Alex Lott. The East Texas Pump Jacks played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
East Texas Pump Jacks player (22) Jake Nash holds his bat in the dug out before their first home game begins Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field on the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Kylee White carries a tray of food from the concession stand to baseball fans in the stand during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Sisters Kylee White, left, and Jolee White, right, carry trays of food from the concession stand to baseball fans in the stand during the East Texas Pump Jacks' first home game Thursday June 4, 2015 at Irwin Field n the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. They played against the Acadiana Cane Cutters and will face them again Friday night. They play Brazos Valley Bombers Saturday and Sunday at Irwin Field. The Pump Jacks, a Texas Collegiate Wooden Bat League, are playing their first season in Tyler after moving from nearby Kilgore. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)