The Orange baseball team is one win oway from taking its third straight conference championship. On Friday night, Orange registered a season-high 17 hits in a 12-5 win over Northwood on Friday night in Pittsboro. Junior Cross Clayton earned the win to improve to 5-0. Clayton only surrendered five hits in five innings. He also went 2-for-2 with four RBIs, including a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Senior David Waitt went 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Waitt has a .403 batting average this season and leads the team with 25 hits. The Panthers are now 18-2. With one more win, they will become the most successful team in the five-year tenure of head coach Jason Knapp. The Panthers haven’t won 20 games in the regular season since the 2013 season. Orange would likely have 20 wins by now if non conference games against Northern Guilford and Wakefield hadn’t been canceled. Orange starts a two-game series against Eastern Alamance on Tuesday in Mebane. They will complete the set on Friday night in Hillsborough, which will also be senior night. Seniors Waitt, Jackson Berini, Ryan Hench, Joey Pounds, Connor Nordan, Neo Best, Ty Walker, Kent Melvin, and Ryan Doherty will all be honored during a pregame ceremony.