American River College played the role of gracious guest on Tuesday, as it seemed every time they scored and took the lead they would give it right back to the hosts, Diablo Valley College.  ARC took a 1-0 lead in the 2^nd inning when DH Rylan Pope (McClatchy) singled home 2B Lance Sabatke (River City) who had doubled earlier.  It was one of four hits on the day for Pope.  But DVC came right back, scoring a pair of unearned runs off of ARC starter Ethan Palumbo (Antelope)  DVC extended their lead to 3-1 in the 4^th inning on a safety squeeze bunt.  ARC came right back though, scoring 4 runs in the 5^th inning, with the big blow being an opposite field 3 run home run by RF Brandon Pelechowicz (Yuba City), his team leading 4^th home run of the season.  American River then gave one back to the Vikings in the 5^th inning, and another in the 6^th to tie the game at 5.  Each team plated a run in the 8^th inning, with the Beavers having a golden opportunity to take the lead but C Eli Campbell (Cordova) was not able to tag up on a fly ball to left by CF Dylan Westbrook (Oak Ridge).  Neither team scored in the 9^th inning, but the Beavers would get a little late game magic in the 10^th.  Lance Sabatke led off the inning with a single, which was followed by 1B Jose Vega's 2 run blast to left to put the Beavers up 8-6.  With Brandon Pelechowicz on in relief since the bottom of the 8^th inning, the Vikings first two batters in the 10^th singled.  After a sacrifice bunt move the runners up to 2^nd and 3^rd with one out, Pelechowicz struck out the next two batters to end the game.  The two teams will continue the series on Thursday at Beaver Field beginning at 2:00 pm.