The 2025 Women’s College World Series will go to a third and deciding game after Texas Tech evened the best-of-3 matchup with a 4-3 victory on Thursday night.
Texas pitcher Cambria Salmon hit Texas Tech’s Alana Johnson with the bases loaded to break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth inning.
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The Red Raiders added another run on a wild pitch that went too low for Texas catcher Reese Atwood to block.
The Longhorns cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the sixth on a solo home run by Mia Scott. But Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady struck out Atwood and got Joley Mitchell to foul out to third base to maintain the lead.
Texas Tech added two runs in the bottom of the sixth. An error by Texas pitcher Citlaly Gutierrez fielding a chopper by the Red Raiders’ Victoria Valdez gave the Red Raiders runners on first and third base.
Longhorns coach Mike White then brought in pitcher Teagan Kavan, hoping to end the Texas Tech scoring threat. But Bailey Lindemuth hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Makayla Garcia for a 3-1 lead.
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Mihayia Davis followed up with a line drive that Joley Mitchell couldn’t field at first base for Texas. Valdez ran through a stop sign at third base to score Texas Tech’s fourth run of the game.
Here is how the action played out in Yahoo Sports’ live blog of Game 2.
