Walk-off walk is OK with Texas

Southern Mississippi reliever Jonathan Johnston walked Brandon Loy on four pitches with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give Texas a 7-6 win in the College World Series on Sunday night.

The Longhorns’ final three runs scored on bases-loaded walks. Of Texas’ last 11 batters, six walked and one was hit by a pitch.

Texas (47-14-1) moves on to a Tuesday game against Arizona State. Southern Mississippi (40-25) will try to stay alive against North Carolina in a elimination game the same day.

The Eagles used an infield single, a wild pitch, a bases-loaded walk and the first catcher’s interference call at the CWS since 1981 to take a 5-4 lead in the eighth.

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Arizona State 5, North Carolina 2 (10 innings) -- Kole Calhoun hit a three-run homer in the top of the 10th inning after a North Carolina error helped Arizona State (50-12) take the lead, and the Sun Devils won their CWS opener.

Jason Kipnes reached when right fielder Garrett Gore misplayed his one-out fly ball near the warning track.

Carlos Ramirez followed with a base hit up the middle, scoring Drew Maggi from second to break a 1-1 tie.

Calhoun then drilled Moran’s 1-1 pitch four rows into the stands in left-center field for a four-run lead.

Alex White of North Carolina (47-17) matched his career-high with 12 strikeouts.