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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Right-hander Trevor Williams pitched seven shutout innings to lead the 24th-ranked Arizona State baseball team to a 4-1 win over No. 4 UCLA on Thursday night in front of 3,501 fans at Packard Stadium.
Williams (4-2), who struck out six, did not allow a run until two outs in the top of the eighth to earn the win. He gave up eight hits and one walk in 7 2/3 innings, routinely stranding UCLA runners on third base before he was replaced by left-hander Matt Dunbar.
Four Sun Devils (14-7-1, 3-4) collected an RBI, including Michael Benjamin, who hit a home run as ASU collected its fourth win over a top-10 team this season.
Center fielder Kasey Coffman was hit by a pitch to lead off the first inning, and then moved to third on an error and a sacrifice bunt by Benjamin before left fielder Jake Peevyhouse plated him with an RBI groundout to give ASU an early 1-0 lead.
The Devils took a two-run advantage in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI groundout by Coffman, and extended their lead, 3-0, in the seventh after right fielder Trever Allen opened the frame with a triple and shortstop Drew Stankiewicz followed with an RBI double.
The Bruins (17-5, 5-2) scored their sole run in the top of the eighth inning on a pair of singles to cut their deficit to two at 3-1, but Benjamin responded in the bottom of the frame with his second home run of the season in the eighth inning to stretch the Devils' lead back to 4-1.
Dunbar faced two batters in the top of the eighth inning, and right-hander Ryan Burr closed out the ninth to post his fourth save of the season.
UCLA starting right-hander Adam Plukto (2-2) pitched all eight innings but surrendered four runs, including three earned, on four hits to take his second loss of the season.
The Sun Devils host the Bruins again Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at Packard Stadium.
