Freshman RHP Ben Bowers (Folsom) was in complete command on Saturday, pitching American River College to a 7-5 win at Beaver Field.  Bowers threw 6 innings and scattered 8 hits, allowing three runs, just two earned.  He threw 86 pitches, 61 for strikes in improving his record to 4-2 on the season.  CRC did get on the board first, scoring a run on three hits in the first inning, but Bowers allowed just 5 hits the rest of the way.  ARC took the lead in the 3^rd inning after sophomore C Grant Fletcher (Yuba City) led off with a walk, then SS Bryce Sabatke (River City) bunted for a base hit.  RF Brandon Pelechowicz (Yuba City) then singled to right to load the bases.  Those three then scored on a error, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by LF Jackson Nichols (Valley Christian) to put ARC up 3-1.  After CRC closed the gap to 3-2, the Beavers bumped the lead up to 5-2 thanks to back-to-back doubles by Pelechowicz and 1B Jose Vega (Highlands) and another sac fly by Nichols in the 5^th inning.  The Hawks got an unearned run off of Bowers in the 6^th inning to make the score 5-3.  It remained that way until the 8^th when 1B Luke Haney (Oak Ridge) doubled in Nichols to put ARC up 6-3, then 2B Lance Sabatke (River City) scored on a wild pitch to make the score 7-3.  The Hawks did not go down quietly in the 9^th however, as Brandon Pelechowicz, who had come on in relief in the 7^th inning, got the first out but then walked and hit a batter, sandwiched around a ground.  CRC then got a hit to make the score 7-4.  Sophomore Ethan Palumbo, who pitched a complete game on Tuesday came in to get the last batter, but a shallow pop fly landed between three Beavers in right center field to make the score 7-5.  Palumbo got the next batter to hit a two hopper to third for the final out and give ARC their 4^th BIG 8 Conference series of the season. 

The Beavers round out the 2026 regular season next week with a three game series against San Joaquin Delta College.  The Beavers final home game is scheduled for Thursday at 2:00 pm.