Mid America League Championship Series Matchups Are Set

LAWRENCE, KS- It all came down to a pair of games on the final day of the 2024 regular season.  After the dust finally settled, the Mid-America League Championship series matchups were set.

 

The Abilene Flying Bison and the Joplin Outlaws entered today’s action already clinching the #1 and #2 seeds respectively.

 

The real battle was for the #3 seed between the Piney Woods TimberHogs and the Sherman Shadowcats.  One game separated the two clubs coming into today with Piney Woods (31-34) having a one-game advantage over Sherman (30-35).

 

Sherman easily defeated Joplin 11-1 in a 7-inning mercy rule game to improve to 31-35.  Piney Woods was dropped by Texarkana 17-6 in an 8-inning mercy rule contest to fall to 31-35.   The head-to-head tiebreaker was used to break the jam and Sherman earned the #3 seed by virtue of a 7-games-to-5 advantage in head-to-head contests with Piney Woods.

 

The other game on the day’s slate saw Abilene handcuff the Fort Smith Marshals 14-0 in a 7-inning mercy rule game.

 

The semi-final round of the Mid-America League Championship Series will begin on Tuesday, August 13, with the #2 Joplin Outlaws facing the #3 Sherman Shadowcats at 3:00pmCT.  The #1-seeded Abilene Flying Bison will take on the #4-seed Piney Woods TimberHogs in the nightcap at 7:15pmCT.

 

Both winning teams will then play one game on Wednesday, August 14, with the winner being declared the Mid-America League Champion for 2024.

 

All games will be played at Walt Driggers Field on the campus of McMurry University, the summer home of the Mid-America League’s Abilene Flying Bison.

 

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The Mid-America League is a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league with 6 teams spread across Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri.  Teams play a 68-game schedule from late May through early August.  More information on the Mid-America League is available at https://midamericaleague.com/.