Louisville, UK postpone baseball matchup following Monday’s mass shooting

Tuesday’s ranked Kentucky vs. UL baseball game has been postponed following Monday’s mass shooting in Louisville, the teams have announced.

Four people were killed and nine were injured after a shooting occurred at a bank in downtown Louisville. The officers that responded to the call neutralized the suspected shooter, who was a former employee of the bank.

The four people who were killed were all employees of the bank — Tommy Elliott, 63, Jim Tutt, 64, Josh Barrick, 40 and Juliana Farmer, 57, according to WLKY in Louisville.

Read the full statement from the Louisville Baseball team below:

“In light of the tragic events in Louisville on Monday, the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky baseball programs have made a mutual decision to postpone Tuesday night’s baseball game at Jim Patterson Stadium. The two programs will work to reschedule the contest for a later date.

“The two programs will work to reschedule the contest for a later date.”

When the matchup eventually happens, it will see a No. 10-ranked Kentucky (27-5) team that is off to its best start in program history, while Louisville (24-7) is ranked No. 12 and in a spot they’re all too used to. The Cards will look to put their in-state rivals in their place when they meet on the diamond.

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