LANSING, Mich. – The West Michigan Whitecaps (15-8, 59-29) collected 19 hits – including six doubles, one triple and four home runs – and routed the Lansing Olive Burgers (11-12, 47-42) in front of Joey Chestnut and a Saturday night crowd of 5,979 at Jackson® Field™.
Chestnut, the No. 1 Eater in the World, made his first appearance in Lansing since setting the olive burger-eating record in 2023. But it was the Whitecaps who feasted: Austin Murr, Archer Brookman, Garrett Pennington and John Peck each homered, building a 10-4 lead through eight innings, and Andrew Jenkins capped a five-run ninth with a three-run double.
Murr finished with four hits, Peck scored four runs, Jenkins doubled twice and Pennington finished a triple away from the cycle…