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2025 WCWS Championship Round -- Game 2

Bottom of the fifth in scoreless game, with Texas Tech having the bases loaded and two out (previously had second and third with one out)... Alana Johnson, a tough hitter, at the plate against Texas's Cambria Salmon... 0-2 count... Now 1-2... Short foul bloop narrowly escapes Longhorn catcher... HBP to bring in game's first run, 1-0 Texas Tech... Pitch gets away (wild-pitch), bringing in another Raider run, 2-0... Easy fly to center ends Tech threat... UT with just six more outs vs. NiJaree Canady to score at least two runs... 

T6, leadoff foul-out to left... Mia Scott with solo shot to center (video) to cut UT deficit to 2-1... K for second out... Easy foul pop to third for final out... 

B6, Citlaly Gutierrez in to pitch for the Horns... Red Raiders get one-out walk... Texas has trouble with slow grounder to 1B-person who has to go several feet away from the bag to field the ball and the toss to 2B-person covering first gets away. If 2B-person had held onto toss, batter probably would have been out... Lead runner for TTU gets to third... Runners at the corners with one out... Teagan Kavan coming in to pitch... Sac-fly to center brings in runner from third, 3-1 Tech, with two outs (runner from first advances to second)... TTU lead now up to 4-1, as infield grounder mishandled (apparently ruled a hit, though) and runner scores all the way from second (running through coach Gerry Glasco's stop-sign)... HBP giving Raiders runners on first and second with two out... Grounder to short ends the damage... 

T7, Horns with three outs left to get at least three runs... Katie Stewart leading off... 3-2 count as Stewart fouls off pitches... Hard grounder to short, Tech can't field it on a big hop. Leadoff batter on first... Quick 0-2 count on Victoria Hunter, but then HBP. Horns with two on and none out... Leighann Goode doubles to left (fielder just couldn't snare it and ball rolls away a bit) driving in one, now 4-2 Tech... Tying runs on second and third with none out for Katie Cimusz (apparently hitting for Kaydee Bennett)... 0-2 count... Cimusz fouling off pitches... Sac-fly to left cuts UT deficit to 4-3, runner at second stays put... Grounder for second out, advancing tying run to third... Kayden Henry with 0-2 count... K to end the game and send us to a decisive third game tomorrow night!

Texas Tech squandered a bases-loaded situation with one out in B1, whereas Longhorns couldn't capitalize on a T4 two-out, first-and-third opportunity...

Texas using a bullpen strategy tonight, starting Mac Morgan who went two innings, and then turning to Salmon... Teagan Kavan, who went the distance in Game 1, widely expected to come in later, although probably not if Longhorns get too far behind...

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