Last week in Denver, a cat interrupted a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field. Well, in Texas, there was an even more unique animal invasion during a baseball game.
An opossum found its way onto the field for Tuesday night’s college baseball game between Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas at UFCU Disch-Falk Field (home of the Longhorns in Austin). Play continued on in the eighth inning as the marsupial scampered along the warning track behind concerned Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outfielders.
The wild kingdom at The Disch
1st the foxes in the suite during the lockdown..
Now, the mid-week opossum fans.
Zeke & Zonk’s commentary: priceless
😂@Zonk0006 @GregSwindell #HookEm⚾️ pic.twitter.com/spsiRrpAaO
— Shawn Clynch (@ShawnC_ATX) April 7, 2021
Later, Longhorns players served as rodent control, and were able to direct the opossum out of the playing field.
Heads up @NCAACWS, y’all can add ‘Wildlife Management’ to @TexasBaseball’s resume. pic.twitter.com/kXtBqiJlaC
— Longhorn Network (@LonghornNetwork) April 7, 2021
Well done by the Texas players.
The Longhorns also did a good job with the actual baseball playing, coming away with a 14-4 victory.