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 game in the Women’s College World Series with a 3-2 victory over Texas on Thursday night.

The Game 3 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.