OMAHA, Neb. — After Arizona State's Josh Spence and North Carolina's Alex White tangled in a rare College World Series pitchers' duel, a bad break for the Tar Heels and a good swing by Kole Calhoun decided the outcome.

Calhoun's three-run homer off Brian Moran in the top of the 10th inning, after Carolina right fielder Garrett Gore's error led to the go-ahead run, carried the Sun Devils to a 5-2 victory yesterday in a game that left ASU coach Pat Murphy shaking his head.

"How many games do you strike out 14 times, get picked off twice, make an error and still win? Pretty lucky," Murphy said.

ASU (50-12) will play Texas (47-14-1) tomorrow night, while North Carolina (47-17) will play Southern Mississippi (40-25) in an elimination game the same day.

Things finally broke open for the Sun Devils after Jason Kipnes reached when Gore misplayed his one-out fly ball near the warning track. The ball nicked Gore's glove and dropped. Carlos Ramirez followed with a hit up the middle, scoring Drew Maggi from second to break a 1-1 tie.

Calhoun, who had grounded out to the mound his first three at-bats and struck out looking on his fourth, sent Moran's 1-1 pitch four rows into the stands in left-center field for a four-run lead.

"I wanted a better at-bat than the last four, and that wasn't hard to do," Calhoun said. "Murph told me to take what he gives me and hit it into left center. Fortunately, it got up in the air and got out of here."

TEXAS 7, SOUTHERN MISS 6

Southern Mississippi reliever Jonathan Johnston walked Brandon Loy on four pitches with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give Texas the win.

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