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Pump Jacks Blank Marshals

June 15, 2013 - Texas Collegiate League (TCL)
East Texas PumpJacks News Release


The Pump Jacks earn their second shut out in as many nights behind quality pitching and timely hitting.

The East Texas Pump Jacks rode the coattails of five pitchers as they shut out the Texas Marshals in game one of a two-game series Saturday night at Driller Park.

It was great pitchers duel, with each team putting up zeros through the first six innings, but the Pump Jacks came out on top thanks to timely hitting and defensive miscues by the Texas Marshals.

The new additions arrived just in time to bolster the Pump Jacks bullpen. A combination of five pitchers put up nine scoreless innings while only allowing three hits and striking out eight batters to blank the Marshals.

In his second outing, the 6'8 Hoosier out of Indiana University, Jacob Kelzer, got the start on the mound for East Texas. Kelzer pitched two hitless innings for the Jacks to open up the game, while striking out a batter. The game also featured the debut of three new pitchers arriving in Kilgore: Riley Toler, Don Sullivan, and J.J. Franklin. Toler, a Kilgore native, toed the mound after Kelzer and pitched 2.2 innings, allowing two hits while also striking out two batters.

Sullivan earned the win for the Pump Jacks in his debut. He entered the game in the fifth with a runner on third and two outs and was able to get the final on a groundball to the second basement Brooks Marlow and end the threat. Sullivan then retired the next six batters he faced in order while striking out two. Franklin relieved Sullivan and pitched an inning, striking out one Cutter.

Ty Marlow moved from the designated hitter role onto the mound to wrap up the game for the Jacks. Marlow got the final three outs of the game and retired two on strikeouts. The Pump Jacks bullpen retired 15 out of the last 16 batters including 13 in a row at one point.

Marshals starting pitcher, Matt Custred, kept the Pump Jacks quiet on the scoreboard in the early innings. Custred stranded six East Texas runners through the first three innings.

However, the Pump Jacks pushed on and broke the stalemate in the bottom of the seventh to drive home the first run of the game. Devon Conley led off the inning with a walk, and was then sacrificed to second on a bunt down the third base line by Matthew Dickey. A single from Wes Edrington put runners on the corners with only one out. Brooks Marlow drove home the run with a seeing-eye single between first and second.

The Jacks extended their lead in the bottom of the eighth, tacking on three more runs to widen the gap. Garrett McMullen opened the frame with a single to snap his hitless streak on the night. Joey Armstrong followed up with a sac bunt that was launched into center field on the throw to second by the pitcher trying to turn two. The bad throw resulted in runners on first and second for the Pump Jacks. Ryan Hope then dropped down a sacrifice bunt of his own, but the Marshals threw wide of the bag at first bringing home a run and putting runners on second and third with nobody out. Armstrong, now at third, crossed home for the second run of the inning on a wild pitch. Then Edrington chopped a single over the head of the third basemen for his first multi hit game of the year, driving home Hope from third and giving the Pump Jacks a 4-0 lead and eventually the game.

The Pump Jacks go for the sweep Sunday night in game two, kicking off at 7:05 p.m.

Sunday is the first Pump Jacks Sunday Fun Day of the season, presented by theGOspot.com. Join the fiesta at the ballpark, featuring $2.50 chips and salsa and $2.50 frozen margaritas and Bud Light Lime Straw-ber-ritas. For the kids, the Pump Jacks will have face painting available, as well as special on-field contest. This marks the first of five Sunday Fun Day promotions, each one presented by theGOspot.com.

Since this Sunday is Father's Day, why not spend the evening celebrating dad at Driller Park with the Pump Jacks. Families will get a free upgrade from grandstand to upper box seats, so dad can enjoy the game in style. He can pick up a "dad-sized" meal from the concessions stand for a low price, too. Dads even have the chance to throw out a ceremonial first pitch... either to a Pump Jacks player or his own son!

Tickets are available in advance online, by phone, or at the Pump Jacks office at 106 North Kilgore Street, #201 in downtown Kilgore. Tickets are also available at Driller Park's ticket office the night of each game.

Get all the news on the Pump Jacks 2013 season, including game stories and promotional updates, visit the Pump Jacks official web site at www.pumpjacksbaseball.com. Join the conversation with other members of Pump Jacks Nation by visiting the Pump Jacks on Facebook and Twitter.

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