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LAWRENCE, KS- The Mid-America League is proud to announce their “Players of the Week” for the week ending Sunday, July 21, 2024.   The MAL “Hitter of the Week” for the second week in a row is Juan Murillo.  Murillo, an outfielder for the Piney Woods (TX) TimberHogs, leads the league with a Batting Average…

LAWRENCE, KS- The Piney Woods TimberHogs continue to dominate the leader board as the Mid-America League announces its league leaders for the week ending Sunday, July 21, 2024.   Piney Woods (TX) TimberHogs outfielder, and former San Diego Padres prospect, Juan Murillo (Grad Sr.) continues to lead the league in the majority of hitting categories. …

CBS19 Jul 19, 2024 The Yankees selected him in the 14th round of the 2024 MLB draft after he hit over .320 in his senior season at Texas Tech.

2024 Season  Day: Saturday  Date: July 20  Opponent: Fort Smith Marshals  Location: Roughneck Stadium, White Oak, Tx  Weather: Clear, 86 degrees  Promo: Super Saturday  Final Score: Game 1-Marshals 9  TimberHogs 17  Game 2-Marshals 9  TimberHogs 10  W-L: Marshals 25-21 (2nd)  TimberHogs 21-25 (4th)  Summary  Game 1-  The TimberHogs faced the Fort Smith Marshals in a…

2024 Season  Day: Friday  Date: July 19  Opponent: Fort Smith Marshals  Location: Roughneck Stadium, White Oak, Tx  Weather: Clear, 86 degrees  Promo: Friday Night Fireworks  Final Score: Marshals 1  TimberHogs 8  W-L: Marshals 25-21 (2nd)  TimberHogs 21-25 (4th)  Summary  The TimberHogs took down the second place Fort Smith Marshals tonight at Roughneck Stadium. Zakary Jordan…

LAWRENCE, KS- The Mid-America League is proud to announce their “Players of the Week” for the week ending Sunday, July 14, 2024.   The MAL “Hitter of the Week” is Juan Murillo.  Murillo, an outfielder for the Piney Woods (TX) TimberHogs, led the league with a Batting Average of .552 while collecting 16 hits, scoring…

LAWRENCE, KS- The Piney Woods TimberHogs continue to dominate as the Mid-America League announces its league leaders for the week ending Sunday, July 14, 2024.   TimberHogs outfielder, and former San Diego Padres prospect, Juan Murillo continues to lead in 5 of 9 ranked categories.  The Phoenix, AZ native leads in Batting Average (.491), Slugging…

By Elwyn Henderson The Houston Texans began their 2024 Training Camp at the Methodist Training Center across from NRG Stadium on Thursday, July 18th. It was an unusual day in that a cold front came through just as practice began and temperatures were in the 70’s for the entire practice and there were some spotty…

2024 Season  Day: Thursday  Date: July 18  Opponent: Sherman Shadowcats  Location: Veterans Field, Sherman, Tx  Weather: Clear, 86 degrees  Final Score: Shadowcats 5  TimberHogs 4  W-L: Shadowcats 18-28 (6th)  TimberHogs 20-25 (4th)  Summary  The TimberHogs faced the Sherman Shadowcats in the second game of their series tonight. ● Cade Medlin was the ‘Hogs’ starting pitcher.…