NCAA Regional Saturday (2026): Possibly the Most Amazing Bottom of the Seventh Ever!

T8: NiJaree Canady, who struggled early in the game, back in to pitch, after Texas Tech's miracle B7... Ole Miss goes ahead 9-8 in T8 on single, sac bunt, and single... Nothing further for Rebels, as Raiders come up in B8...

B8: Kaitlyn Terry leads off for TTU with four-pitch walk... Jackie Lis up, 2-0 count... 3-0... Another four-pitch walk... Jasmyn Burns coming up, pitching change for the Rebels... 2-0 to Burns... Foul fly for first strike... Called strike, 2-2 count... Burns with flared single to center, now tied 9-9, runners on first and second with none out... Fly out to deep center, lead runner advances to third... Taylor Pannell sac fly to right-center wins the game 10-9... Per ESPN stat, Tech is first team since 2000 to win NCAA tournament game after trailing by 8+ runs; 640 teams had failed in that situation. This stat (probably) does not take into account that Red Raiders trailed by eight with two outs in bottom of seventh...

Ole Miss led Texas Tech 8-0 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, with the Red Raiders having a runner on first. Then this happened (see play-by-play below)... Single (8-1), homer (8-3) , single, single, single (8-4), walk, homer (8-8). Seven chances for Ole Miss to get an out, none achieved... Nothing more for Tech, going to extras...

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