AIKEN, S.C. - The No. 13 University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team notched a 4-0 victory over visiting No. 9 Florida Southern Friday evening.

The Pacers improve to 31-10 on the season while the Moccasins fall to 25-10.

Head coach Kenny Thomas' team plated three runs in the bottom of the first, which proved to be more than enough in the win.

With one down, Mitchell Price roped a single to center field before heading to second on Jonathan Banks' base hit. Brian Parreira loaded the bases with his infield single. After an out, Zach Moon laced a single to the opposite field, scoring Price and Banks. Parreira raced home on a wild pitch for a 3-0 margin.

Erik Davis continued his dominant game as he did not allow a hit through the first 5.1 innings. His no-hit bid came to an end with a single, but it did not phase Davis. Although the Moccasins loaded the bases in the sixth, Davis got out of the jam as he managed to force a weak grounder back to him, retiring the side.

USC Aiken increased its lead in the bottom of the seventh. Tyler Ammerman garnered a one-out double to left field. Skylar Mercado's single to right field put runners on the corner. Price laid down a sacrifice bunt, scoring Ammerman for a 4-0 edge.

With a four-run lead heading into the eighth stanza, Thomas went to the bullpen and brought in Connor Riley. Although the visitors managed to load the bags, Riley forced a foul-out and an infield fly ball to close out the inning.

Florida Southern tried to get on the board in the ninth, but Price made a spectacular catch to thwart what would have been at least a double.  

For the game, Davis tossed seven innings, striking out nine while giving up just two hits en route to improving to 4-2 on the season. Riley closed the door on the visitors by registering a pair of shutout innings. He struck out a pair in his relief appearance.

At the plate, Moon led the way with a pair of hits and two RBI. Mercado and Parreira each had a pair of base hits. Price drove in a run and scored a run.

In all, USC Aiken pounded out four runs on 10 hits with one error while holding Florida Southern to no runs on two hits with one miscue.

The Pacers return to action tomorrow against the Moccasins at 4 p.m. Live stats, video and audio will be available at PacerSports.com.