QUINTANILLA PITCHES BEAVERS TO 3-2 WIN OVER SAC CITY

American River College got their best pitching performance of the year on Thursday as Sophomore RHP Tyler Quintanilla (Summit Shasta) went 8 innings and allowed the Panthers just two runs on 6 hits while striking out 9.  It was his team leading third win of the season.  Sophomore closer Christian Lucero (River City) came on in the 9^th to shut the door and pick up his state leading 6^th save of the year.  The Beavers got on the board in the bottom of the first after two were out on back to back singles by Sophomore LF Alejandro Belo (Vanden) and Sophomore 1B Bryce Sidler (Oakmont).  Freshman 2B Nick Ochoa (Segerstrom) then hit a fly ball that Sac City’s right fielder dropped allowing Belo to score.  The Panthers tied it in the top of the 2^nd but ARC came back to regain the lead in the 3^rd on a two out single to left by Sidler to score sophomore 3B Blake Yuyama (Kennedy) who had singled earlier in the inning.  The bats were mostly quiet until the 6^th when Sidler led off with a double to right, his 3^rd hit of the game.  After a groundout by Ochoa moved Sidler to third, sophomore RF Michael Grijalva (Ponderosa) singled to left to score Sidler.  Sac City did get a run in the 7^th and had runners at 2^nd and 3^rd with one out but Quintanilla was able to get a strikeout and a flyout to end the threat.

The two teams will meet again in the rubber match on Saturday at Union Stadium on the Sac City campus at 1:00 pm.