West Virginia star "doesn't have words" for not getting an at-bat during his final game

West Virginia baseball fell 12-5 on Sunday night to LSU, which knocked the Mountaineers from the NCAA Tournament during the Super Regional round for the second consecutive season.

One member of the Mountaineer line-up noticeably absent for most of the Super Regional series in Baton Rouge was senior first baseman Grant Hussey, who had started all but one game for the Mountaineers this season before the NCAA Tournament began and lead the program in career home runs. Having been a starter for all but eight games over his four-year collegiate career, Hussey was replaced in the starting lineup teammate Ben Lumsden at the start of the Clemson Regional.

Hussey still played in all 60 games for WVU despite not starting the past two weekends, and made it into Game One against LSU in the sixth inning, going 0-2 at the plate. But during what would be the final contest of Hussey's career, he didn't make it into the rotation until the ninth inning, and failed to record an at-bat during his collegiate sendoff. Later that night, he responded to a post on social media about the situation to voice his thoughts on the matter.

"Slap in the face," Hussey wrote. "I don't even have words for it."

But when the post quickly began to gain traction on social media, Hussey also made sure that he didn't approve of anyone throwing Lumsden under the bus, either.

With an article circulating on social media attacking Sabins' coaching decision and opining that Lumsden should not have been in the starting lineup, Hussey shared praise for his teammate's performance as well.

One thing is for certain -- Grant Hussey will go down as an all-time great for the West Virginia baseball program, and regardless of how his final game in the old-gold-and-blue played out, he should be proud of his contributions to the Mountaineers. And another thing that can be said with confidence is that Steve Sabins is a talented baseball coach who just pulled off an amazing season in his first year leading the program, and regardless of one's thoughts on any individual postseason decision, he likely has a bright future ahead for both himself and West Virginia baseball.