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OMAHA, Neb. Cameron Rupp's second home run of the game broke a seventh-inning tie, and Texas overcame a six-run deficit to beat Arizona State 10-6 Tuesday night in the College World Series.
Rupp drove Mitchell Lambson's first pitch of the seventh over the wall to give the Longhorns the lead. He also hit a three-run homer to start the rally in the fourth.
No.1-seeded Texas (48-14-1) is 2-0 in the CWS and has advanced to the Bracket 2 final Friday against either the Sun Devils (50-13) or North Carolina. The Longhorns need one more win to reach next week's best-of-3 title round.
Freshman Taylor Jungmann (10-3) picked up his second win in relief at the CWS, holding Arizona State to two hits over 52/3 shutout innings. Lambson (9-4) took the loss.
Texas jumped on Sun Devils star Mike Leake for six fourth-inning runs and finished with 15 hits in a game that lasted 4hours, 4minutes.
Wake Forest hires coach
Tom Walter has accepted the coaching job at Wake Forest, leaving a New Orleans program with an uncertain long-term future.
Walter, who led the Privateers to the 2007 and 2008 NCAA tournaments, replaces Rick Rembielak, whose contract expired at the end of May and was not renewed.
Ten players signed pro contracts last year, but New Orleans fell short of qualifying for the Sun Belt tournament this season. AP
