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2026 WCWS Championship Game 1

 Game 1 of the championship series is about to get underway. Texas will be the home team...

Top 1 (T1)

Teagan Kavan strikes out Mia Williams to get things started... Mihyia Davis homers to left for a quick 1-0 Raider lead (can't find video)... Nothing further for Tech... 

Bottom 1 (B1)

Kayden Henry leads off with bunt single off of Raider starter Kaitlyn Terry... Katie Stewart homers to center (video) to put Longhorns up 2-1... Last year's TTU-Texas championship opener was a pitchers' duel... This year, not so much...Viviana Martinez singles up the middle... Will we see NiJaree Canady soon, as Tech coach Gerry Glasco has been frequently shuffling his pitchers?... Sticking with Terry... Fielder's choice and fly-out for first two outs... Hannah Wells singles, putting runners at the corners with two out... Now Canady's coming in... Kaiah Altmeyer with infield single, 3-1 Longhorns with runners on first and second... Ashton Maloney triples and suddenly it's 5-1 Texas... Tech was playing Maloney shallow in left and her oppo fly gets over fielder's head (video)... K to end the first, Longhorns with six hits and five runs...

T2

One-out HBP to Terry... Nothing comes of it...

B2

Horns go 1-2-3

T3

Leadoff walk on four pitches for Hailey Toney... K for first out... Line-out to left for second out... K ends the half-inning...

B3

Tech goes to its third pitcher of the evening, Samantha Lincoln... Leadoff walk... Nothing comes of it...

T4

Raiders down 1-2-3...

B4

One-out infield hit... Runner to second on ground-out, with two down... Stewart coming up... Intentionally walked, bringing up Martinez with runners on first and second and two outs... Martinez singles up the middle, bringing in the lead runner Jaycie Nichols and making it 6-1 Horns... Still runners on first and second for Reese Atwood... Flies out to end the threat...

T5

Through four, Texas pitcher Kavan has allowed one hit (a homer) and one walk, struck out four... Can Raiders rally off of her? Leadoff walk on 3-2 pitch... Ground-out advances runner to second... Fly for second out... Mia Williams homers, cutting Tech deficit to 6-3... Grounder ends half-inning...

B5

Wells with one-out infield single. Tech challenging call of "safe" at first. Call reversed, none on, two outs... Longhorns down 1-2-3...

T6

Nothing for Tech...

B6

Longhorns add a run on two singles, HBP, and sac-fly, lead 7-3...

T7

Burns with 3-2 count, fouls off many pitches, strikes out (catcher can't handle ball and has to throw Burns out at first).... Lagi Quiroga up for Raiders... Foul pop to Stewart at first, two outs... Hailey Toney flies out to left, Longhorns take opener 7-3...

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