The Muhlenberg County Stallions, who were to play Madisonville in the OVL North Division play in game Thursday evening, announced this afternoon they will not play in the post season. According to a news release from the OVL, the Stallions were forced to make this decision due to player departures over the last three weeks. Multiple players have left due to injury, recalls to their schools for some activity, or other personal reasons. The combination of these departures in such a short time created an untenable situation, especially on the remaining pitchers.
The team would have been able to play their game Thursday but they would have risked injury due to severe overuse of the remaining pitchers in a weekend series. Plus, they would not have had pitchers available next week if they won the first series. Given their pitchers are already near their use limits, it would not have been a good representation of baseball or the league to try to play on.
With the forefit of tomorrow night’s game by the Stallions, Madisonville will advance to face North Division champion Henderson on Friday night.