For the second straight season American River College has clinched the series over Diablo Valley College with a 13-3 win at Beaver Field on Thursday.  The win keeps ARC in first place for the time being with a 4-1 conference record.  Diablo Valley got on the board first by scoring three unearned runs off of starter Ayden Dringenberg (Oakmont).  A pair of errors on the infield plus a walk and two of DVC's four hits on the day came in the top of the 2^nd inning.  Dringenberg settled down after that and allowed just two more baserunners over the next 3 innings of work.  But the Beavers did not allow the Vikings to hold the lead for long, as ARC scored 4 times in the bottom of the 2^nd to take a 4-3 lead.  DH Rylan Pope (McClatchy) grounded into a bases loaded fielders choice to bring in a run, and the attempt to convert the grounder into a double play saw the ball get thrown away allowing another run to score.  3B Luke Haney (Oak Ridge) followed with a triple to left center to tie the game, and he then scored on a double to right by C Eli Campbell (Cordova).  The Beavers essentially put the game away in the 3^rd inning with 6 more runs, with Pope singling in another run and SS Bryce Sabatke (River City) knocking in two with a single up the middle.  Campbell added an RBI double in the 7^th inning and RF Brandon Pelechowicz singled in a run as well to give him two on the day.  RHP Kaden Clive (Delta) came on in relief of Dringenberg in the 6^th and had a 5 pitch, 3 up/3 down inning.  Sophomores Randy Payne (Del Campo) and Nathan Gahn (Bear Creek) worked scoreless 7^th and 8^th innings respectively and Jose Vega (Highlands) struck out two in a 3 up/3down 9^th inning.

The teams will conclude their three game series on Friday in Pleasant Hill at Diablo Valley College at 2:00 pm.