Beavers ace Dax Whitney exits 12-4 win early with ‘tightness’ in throwing arm No. 6 Oregon State baseball opened its series in the win column, beating Hawai’i 12-4, though the attention of Friday’s game fell on the Beavers’ ace. Sophomore right-hander Dax Whitney exited his regularly-scheduled Friday start in the middle of a top-of-the-sixth at-bat. No update on Whitney’s status, per Beavers coach Whitney, the No. 1 prospect in the 2027 MLB Draft, threw his 89th pitch of the start before walking off the mound. He did not attempt another and left the game about as quickly as Oregon State’s head coach, Mitch Canham, and the team’s athletic trainer made their way from the dugout to him on the mound. The immediate fear, for any hard-throwing pitcher, is an elbow injury. After the game, Canham said he had no immediate update on Whitney and urged fans to “not make assumptions.” “I always think making assumptions is a bad move,” Canham said.…