Canady tosses 6-hitter as Texas Tech beats Texas 3-2 to set up decisive Game 3 at WCWS

OKLAHOMA CITY AP NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam and Texas Tech forced a decisive third battle in the Women s College World Series with a - achievement over Texas on Thursday night The Event showdown on Friday matches two teams looking for their first national title Canady who allowed a go-ahead two-run single for Texas while trying to walk a member of the Longhorns in the sixth inning of an eventual xxx-xx loss again went the distance for the Red Raiders She has pitched every inning in the super regionals and World Series and carried a - lead to the seventh But Texas Katie Stewart reached on an error by the shortstop and Canady hit Victoria Hunter to put runners on first and second with no outs Leighann Goode doubled to left center scoring Stewart and moving Hunter to third Pinch-hitter Katie Cimusz lined out to left field and Hunter scored to cut the deficit to - But Canady got Ashton Mahoney to ground out and struck out Kayden Henry to end the championship AP sports https apnews com sports Source