JACKSON – The championship round of the Region XII Tournament was unkind to Macomb Baseball as the Monarchs lost the opener to No. 9 Lansing, 12-2, before dropping their elimination contest to No. 21 Cuyahoga, 7-4. The pair of losses ended the 2025 season with a record of 35-17 – the most wins since 2012 when the Joe Santilli led Monarchs posted a 37-17 record.
The 35 wins also marked the second-most victories in the past 30 years as the 2012 team notched 37 and the 1994 team, led by Len Perkins, tallied a 39-11 record.
On a day where things didn't go the Monarchs' way,
Nathan Fidelino led the way with a 4-for-8 afternoon, while
Vincent Cowdrey went 3-for-7 with a triple and
Luke Babcock and
Adrian Epps had two hits each. Babcock recorded a pair of doubles on the day and
Buster Debol hit a pinch-hit home run late in game two.
Jack Saputo capped off one of the best seasons on the mound in the entire NJCAA with 2.1 innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts. On the season, Saputo didn't allow an extra-base hit and struck out 41 while only walking four in 28.1 innings pitched. The sophomore right-handed pitcher held the opposition to a .124 batting average and recorded a staggering .53 WHIP and 0.32 ERA.
Vincent Cowdrey finished with 14 home runs, a single-season program record, while
Adrian Epps tied the single-season stolen base record with 41.
As a team, the 51 home runs set a new program record and the 145 stolen bases also set a new single-season program mark.
Thank you, Monarchs, for a great year!
