ORLANDO, Fla. (Interstat) — Cole Carlon tossed five scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out seven, as Arizona State defeated UCF 9-4 on Friday at Jay Bergman Field. The Sun Devils improved to 32-14, while the Knights fell to 26-16.

Nu’u Contrades went 4-for-6 with three RBIs, and PJ Moutzouridis drove in three runs with a double, walk and single. Garrett Michel hit a solo homer in the second. UCF’s John Skinner and Javier Crespo opened the game with back-to-back solo homers in the first, and Andrew III added another solo shot in the seventh.

Arizona State answered with a five-run second, featuring Michel’s homer and RBIs from Moutzouridis and Contrades. The Sun Devils added three more in the third on a walk, hit-by-pitch and Contrades’ single. UCF’s Max Murray struck out six in 2 2/3 innings of relief.

Arizona State outhit UCF 15-8. Taylor Penn threw 2 2/3 hitless innings, and Derek Schaefer added a perfect eighth. The teams continue the series Saturday.