PHOENIX -- Designated hitter Brian Serven went 5-for-5, and starting left-hander Brett Lilek took a no-hitter into the seventh inning to lead No. 6 Arizona State past Stanford 14-6 on Sunday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
The Sun Devils (18-7, 7-2) swept the Cardinal (10-14, 0-6) for the first time since April 2009 and picked up just their third Pac-12 series sweep in the past three seasons.
Serven, who set career highs in hits, runs and RBI, finished with five RBI, four runs scored and two home runs. He became the first Sun Devil since Michael Benjamin on March 4, 2012, to record five hits in a game and the first Devil since Nate Causey on May 17, 2014, with a pair of homers.
Lilek (2-2) earned the win in a seven-inning outing, tied for his career-long. He allowed just one run on three hits and three walks, striking out three.
ASU took an early 4-0 lead with a pair of runs in both the first and third innings. The Sun Devils scored once more in the fifth before Stanford broke up Lilek's no-hitter in the seventh inning with a leadoff single by designated hitter Austin Barr. The Cardinal added two more base hits and a sacrifice fly to notch their first run of the game, but Lilek responded with back-to-back strikeouts to strand runners at the corners and keep ASU's lead at 5-1.
Serven led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run and pinch hitter RJ Ybarra followed with a two-run shot, his team-leading fourth of the season, to extend the Devils' lead to seven.
ASU's bullpen allowed four runs on three hits and three walks in the eighth inning as the Cardinal pulled within three, but right-hander Ryan Burr issued a strikeout with two runners on base to end the threat.
The Devils responded with six runs in the bottom of the eighth, including a three-run homer by Serven, a RBI single from pinch hitter Ryan Lillard and a two-out, two-run single from second baseman Andrew Snow, to push their lead to 14-5. Burr closed out the ninth for his Pac-12 leading 10th save of the season.
Cardinal starting pitcher Logan James (2-2) allowed four runs on three hits and five walks in 2 2/3 innings in the loss.
