American River lost a come from behind, extra- inning game on Friday at Hartnell College in Salinas, but then avenged the loss with a 9^th inning comeback win on Saturday to split with the Panthers and take two out of three for the week.  On Friday the Beavers spotted the host Panthers a 7-0 lead in the first two innings as sophomore RHP Myles Meyer (Placer) was not sharp.  Freshman LHP Jake Morell (Whitney) came in and did a great job giving the Beavers a chance by throwing 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, scattering four hits and striking out 4.  His performance gave ARC a chance to mount a comeback which they did, led by sophomore CF Dominic Ott's (Woodcreek) big day.  Ott was 4x4 with a pair of doubles and a walk and a hit by pitch.  He would have had three doubles if not for a baserunning error in front of him.  Freshman DH Wyatt Bahlke (Woodcreek) launched his first career home run, a two run shot to left center that brought the Beavers to within two runs.  Freshman SS Darin Eales (Bear Creek) hit his first collegiate home run, a solo shot in the 6^th inning to make the score 7-6.  The Beavers tied it in the 8^th when Bahlke doubled to right to pick up his third RBI of the game.  The game remained scoreless until the 11^th when Hartnell got a two out double off of freshman RHP David Centeno (Roseville) to walk the Beavers off of Tony Teresa Field. 

The Beavers came back on Saturday in a light rainstorm to score single runs in three of the first four innings while sophomore RHP Connor Timmins (East Nicolaus) shut down Hartnell's offense for the first 5 2/3 innings of the game.  While pitching through rain and hail in the 6^th he lost control a bit and Hartnell was able to score a pair of runs to make the score 3-2.  Hartnell went up 4-3 by scoring a pair of runs off of sophomore RHP Christian Lucero (River City) in the 7^th.  The Beavers offense, which was mostly silent after the 4^th inning waited until there were two outs in the top of the 9^th to re-awaken.  3B David Centeno was hit by a pitch with 2 outs and freshman pinch-hitter Duncan Hansen (Del Campo) followed with a single to left.  Ott was then hit by a pitch to load the bases.  Freshman C Aiden Imperial (Bear Creek) then laced a two run single to center to give the Beavers a 5-4 lead.  Centeno went in to pitch the bottom of the 9^th and walked the first batter he faced but easily retired the next three to give ARC its first road win of the season. 

The Beavers start a three game series with Butte College on Thursday at Butte, then play the RoadRunners at home on Friday and back to Oroville on Saturday.