The Orange baseball team is one win away from its first outright conference championship since 2016. On Tuesday night, Orange racked up 15 hits and pulled away from Cedar Ridge 13-5 at Red Wolves Territory. Junior designated hitter Connor Nordan finished with a career-high five RBIs after going 4-for-5. Nordan, in his first year at the varsity level, now leads Orange with 24 hits. Orange junior David Waitt came through with the biggest defensive play of the game. With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the third inning, Cedar Ridge’s Efrain Morales sent a fly ball to right field with Cristian Macias at third base with one out. Waitt made the catch in right field, then threw out Macias at the plate to end the inning. The following inning, Waitt sent an RBI single to left field to score Codey Snipes, putting Orange ahead for good. Waitt finished 2-for-3 with four runs scored and an RBI single. Orange will take the Central Carolina Conference championship outright with a win over Cedar Ridge on Thursday night at Orange High Field. The Panthers are 13-6 overall, 8-1 in the CCC. They have won six in a row.