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“We just could not break away from anybody, it felt like — 3-2, 2-1, 4-3, 5-4 [scores], and it just took a toll on Easton,” Savage said.
“And we couldn’t get those insurance runs and paid the price at the end.”
The roster had experienced a shift in pitching roles after losing ace Logan Reddemann to arm fatigue in mid-April.
According to Savage, missing the potential first-round Major League Baseball draft pick disrupted both the starting rotation and bullpen usage over the final six weeks of the season.
“It had a ripple effect on the starters, it had a ripple effect on the bullpen,” Savage said.
“The effect it had on roles, the effect it had on usage — major, major deal.
No excuses, we still won, but at the same time it looked a little different and felt a little different, and at the end it really hurt losing a potential first-rounder [in the Major League Baseball draft] the last six weeks.”
The current senior group concludes their collegiate careers two years removed from a 19-33 season in 2024, having since achieved more than 100 victories and a trip to the College World Series.
“They had a wonderful, wonderful career that came to a harsh ending,” Savage said.
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“But you can’t take away what they did, and they left this place in a much better place than where they found it.”
