The championship series of the Women’s College World Series is going the distance after Texas Tech held on for a 4-3 win over Texas in Game 2.
For the second straight night, the game was scoreless entering the fifth inning before the Red Raiders finally broke through. With two outs and the bases loaded, Texas pitcher Cambria Salmon hit Texas Tech’s Alana Johnson with a pitch, scoring Raegan Jennings. One batter later, Salmon threw a wild pitch, and Mihyia Davis came home to put the Red Raiders up 2-0.
The Longhorns finally got to Red Raiders star pitcher Nijaree Canady in the sixth inning on Mia Scott’s solo home run, but Texas Tech came back with two runs in the bottom of the frame when Bailey Lindemuth’s sacrifice fly plated Makayla Garcia and Davis drove in Victoria Valdez with a single.
But Texas didn’t go down without a fight in the seventh. The Longhorns got runners on first and second with no outs thanks to an error and a hit by pitch, and Leighann Goode scored on Katie Stewart’s double. Katie Cimusz’s sacrifice then scored Victoria Hunter to make it 4-3, but Canady shut the door by getting Ashton Maloney to ground out and striking out Kayden Henry.
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