American River College entered the 9^th inning on Friday trailing 7-2 but they didn't go down easy as the Beavers scored four in the last frame and had runners on 1^st and 3^rd, but the rally came up just short as they fell 7-6.  Starting pitcher Wyatt Bahlke (Woodcreek) was effectively wild through the first 4 innings as he only allowed two hits but in the 5^th he walked the bases loaded with one out.  Freshman David Centeno (Roseville) came in to replace Bahlke but he gave up a grand slam to put the Hawks up 6-0.  The Beavers had hit the ball hard early in the game but didn't have much to show for it until SS Darin Eales (Bear Creek) tripled in a run in the 7^th inning.  He later scored on a single by 3B Anthony Packard (Colfax).  The Hawks got a run back in the 7^th and that turned out to be a big one as the Beavers opened the 9^th with a leadoff double by RF Jonas Dyas (Folsom).  C Duncan Hansen (Del Campo) then stroked his second home run of the season over the left field fence to make the score 7-4.  After Packard reached second on an error CF Dominic Ott (Woodcreek) singled up the middle to score Packard and make the score 7-5.  2B Rylon Druck (Roseville) then walked and DH Jullian Blackwell (EastVale) singled up the middle to score Ott and put runners at 1^st and 3^rd.  1B Jake Morell (Whitney) came up with two hits already on the day but he struck out to end the game.  The Beavers out hit CRC 12-5 but ARC's pitchers walked 9 and hit 2 on the day which accounted for several of the CRC runs.

The Beavers come home on Tuesday to play the Folsom Lake Falcons at 2:30.  There are just two more series left in the 2023 season, with Folsom Lake coming up and the big cross-town rivalry with Sac City College the following week.