American River College finished off their 2018 BIG 8 Conference schedule at top-ranked Delta College on Saturday and out-hit the Mustangs 7-6.  Unfortunately Delta out-scored the Beavers 4-3, earning the series sweep on a sac fly in the bottom of the 9^th.  A.R.C. committed four errors in the game and allowed a season high 9 stolen bases.  Austin Jacobs (River City) took the loss but pitched well, throwing two innings in relief and allowing just one hit.  Jacobs pitched 4 2/3 innings in the series and allowed just two hits to Delta, who is the 5^th leading hitting team in the state.  Freshman Hayden Josephson (Granite Bay) was back to his old form after a couple of rough starts, throwing 6 2/3 innings, scattering five hits and allowing three runs, two earned. 

Seven different players accounted for the seven team hits, but the biggest one was a solo home run by SS Will Floyd (Rocklin, pictured), the first of his career, which got the Beavers on the board in the 4^th inning.  C Nick Huddlestun (Rocklin) drove in the second run of the game later in the same inning.  The Beavers held on to the lead until Delta score twice in the 7^th inning to take a 3-2 lead.  A.R.C. fought back though and got a bases loaded walk from LF Blake Spencer (Rio Americano) to tie the game.  A.R.C. could not muster another run in the 9^th though, and Delta finished them off in the bottom of the 9^th. 

American River College will finish the 2018 season with a non-conference game against Gavilan College on Tuesday at Beaver Field at 2:30 p.m.  A.R.C. has the last bye week in the 9-team BIG 8 Conference which is the reason for the space in the schedule for a non-conference game.  Gavilan is in the Coast-Pacific Conference which also has a bye week built in.