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Baseball’s Season Comes to a Close in Coffeyville

Grizzlies Fall to Red Ravens

Freshman outfielder Kaleb Nye makes a spectacular diving catch in center field in Butler's game two loss at Coffeyville in the opening round of the Plains District Tournament
Freshman outfielder Kaleb Nye makes a spectacular diving catch in center field in Butler's game two loss at Coffeyville in the opening round of the Plains District Tournament
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May 8, 2025

COFFEYVILLE, Kan. – The 2025 Butler baseball season came to a conclusion on Thursday afternoon at Walter Johnson Park as the Grizzlies fell 8-3 in game two of a best-of-three series vs. the Red Ravens in the Plains District Tournament.

Butler (25-28) lost the first two games of the series as Coffeyville advances to play at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina, Kan., in the Plains District Championship beginning May 13th.

The Grizzlies were outhit for a second consecutive game as the Red Ravens tallied 12 hits on the afternoon to Butler's seven. The Grizzlies also made three errors to Coffeyville's none.

Coffeyville plated a run in the first jumping out to a 1-0 lead but the Grizzlies and starting pitcher Whitley Rhodes settled in holding the Red Ravens off the board in the second and third. Butler used two runs in the third inning, one on a Jackson Ellison RBI single to center field and the other off a Breck Romero Rbi single to take a 2-1 lead.

Coffeyville tied it 2-2 in the fourth but Butler regained the lead at 3-2 with a Romero sacrifice fly in the fifth.

The bottom of the sixth is where the trouble began for Butler as Coffeyville chased Rhodes and plated five runs on five hits and an error to go ahead 7-3.

Rhodes (L, 2-4) tossed 5.1 innings allowing just three earned runs on four hits to go with three strikeouts and two walks. Dayton Pelfrey threw 1.2 innings allowing four runs (one earned), striking out three and walking none. Jack Haag tossed the ninth without allowing a hit or run.

Coffeyville starter Jackson Waggoner (W, 6-1) went 7.0 innings allowing three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts. Caleb Peek threw 2.0 shutout innings to close the game out.

Jaden Rose was 2-4 for Butler at the plate, the lone Grizzly with multiple hits. Ellison scored two runs while driving in another. Romero led Butler with two RBI.

The Red Ravens were led by Landin Midgett's 3-4 performance while Nathon Cruz was 2-4 with three RBI.

The Butler baseball program says farewell to nine sophomores.