It took all 9 innings on Tuesday but American River College avenged last years' season ending defeat with a 6-5 win over Santa on Tuesday.  Santa Rosa got on the board first off of starter Ethan Palumbo (Antelope) but he held the Bear Cubs in check for most of his 5 2/3 innings of work.  ARC came back with 4 runs in the bottom of the third inning with 2 run singles each from 2B Lance Sabatke (River City) and Rylan Pope (McClatchy).  Santa Rosa was able to close the gap to 4-3 but ARC got an insurance run in the 5^th on a sacrifice fly by Pope, for his 3^rd RBI of the day.  The score remained the same until the 8^th, as LHP Quincey Carr (Whitney), RHP Zach Laduzinski (Whitney) and RHP Ben Bowers (Folsom) were able to keep the Beavers in the lead.  SRJC tied the game in the 8^th though, as a run scored on a potential double play that was not turned followed by an RBI single by reigning BIG 8 Conference MVP JT Summers made the game 5-5.  Bowers and freshman RHP/RF Brandon Pelechowicz managed to keep Santa Rosa off the board in the 9^th, in part thanks to a perfect relay throw from SS Bryce Sabatke (River City) to cut down the potential go-ahead run at the plate for the 2^nd out of the inning.  In the bottom of the 9^th C Eli Campbell (Cordova) led off with a single through the left side, then was bunted over to 2^nd by Bryce Sabatke.  Pelechowicz was then walked to bring up CF Dylan Westbrook (Oak Ridge).  Westbrook then laced a single to right center that easily scored Campbell from second to give the Beavers a walk-off win.  Game 2 of the series will be at Cypher Field in Santa Rosa at 2:00 pm.