Edinburgh had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 6-5 W against the Morristown Yellow Jackets. The Lancers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Yellow Jackets, too.
Avynn Whitaker
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Avynn Whitaker made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 15 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has become a key player for Edinburgh: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 1-9 otherwise. Whitaker was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Whitaker wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Braiden Dewey, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those RBI marked the first that Dewey has brought in this season.
Edinburgh's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 3-10. As for Morristown, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-8.
Edinburgh will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Yellow Jackets: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
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