BOCA RATON, Fla. (Interstat) — Ethan Norby pitched 6 1/3 hitless innings and East Carolina beat Florida Atlantic 6-1 on Friday at FAU Baseball Stadium in an American Athletic Conference matchup.

Norby allowed one earned run and struck out 10, improving the Pirates to 32-21-1. The Owls fell to 28-26-1. Colby Wallace went 3 for 5 with two RBIs, and Michael Kalinich contributed two hits and two RBIs, including a double in the ninth. Davin Whitaker had two hits and an RBI, and Brayden Bachman doubled home a run.

Florida Atlantic took a 1-0 lead in the third on Kyle Boylston’s RBI single. East Carolina responded in the fourth on Bachman’s double, then scored four runs in the fifth — capped by Wallace’s two-run single, Whitaker’s RBI infield single and Kalinich’s RBI single — for a 5-1 lead. Kalinich added an RBI double in the ninth.

Joseph Webb pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings with two strikeouts in relief. Kide Adetuyi allowed three hits and one run in four innings for the Owls. The series continues Saturday.