EAST LANSING, Mich. (Interstat) — Wylan Moss pitched 6⅔ innings of no-hit baseball, striking out eight, and Mulivai Levu belted a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning as UCLA defeated Michigan State 4-1 on Friday afternoon.

Moss, who entered with a 4.91 ERA over his previous two outings, allowed one earned run despite not surrendering a hit. He walked two, hit a batter and saw his shutout bid broken in the fourth inning on a sacrifice bunt, a walk and a run-scoring fielder’s choice. The junior right-hander retired the side in order in the first, second, third, fifth and sixth innings before exiting with two outs in the seventh.

UCLA improved to 41-4 overall and 12-0 in Big Ten play. Michigan State fell to 16-26 and 3-9.

The Bruins managed only one hit through the first five innings against Spartans starter JD Greeley, who allowed a single and struck out four over five scoreless frames. UCLA left a runner on second in the fourth when Jordan Gasparino stole second but was stranded.

Michigan State took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Ian Sturgess drew a leadoff walk, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Noah Bright and scored on a fielder’s choice by Kyle Thomas. The Spartans loaded the bases with two outs, but Moss struck out Parker Picot to end the threat.

UCLA’s offense remained dormant until the eighth. With one out, Roman Cholowsky reached on a throwing error by catcher Ryan McKay and moved to second. Levu then crushed a 1-1 pitch from reliever Nolan Higgins over the right-field wall, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. It was Levu’s second hit of the day and his team-leading 14th home run.

The Bruins added two insurance runs in the ninth. Cashel Dugger doubled down the right-field line off reliever Gavin Grundman, scoring Dean Brennan, who had walked. After a groundout moved Dugger to third, J.C. Aguayo lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Dugger.

Michigan State never mounted a serious threat after the fourth. The Spartans managed only one hit — a single by Dustin Murphy in the third — and left five runners on base. UCLA’s bullpen was flawless: Jake Swenson recorded one out, Zach Strickland struck out two in two-thirds of an inning and Easton Hawk pitched 1⅓ scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out one.

Greeley, making his fifth start of the season, turned in his longest outing of the year. He scattered one hit, walked two and struck out four but did not factor in the decision. Tommy Szczepanski followed with 1⅓ hitless innings, fanning two. Ben Kochany and Higgins each surrendered one hit.

UCLA’s win extended its winning streak to three games after a loss to Sacramento State on April 26. The Bruins outscored their opponents 38-14 over their last five games entering Friday.

Michigan State had won three of its previous five games, including a 13-1 rout of Maryland on April 26, but managed only two hits Friday.

The three-game series continues Saturday. UCLA is scheduled to start its ace, while Michigan State will look to even the series behind an improving pitching staff that posted a 3.67 ERA over the previous week.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of UCLA 8, Michigan State 5, and the Interstat ELO system gave the Bruins a 78.30 percent probability to win.