Overview

• Reese Atwood swung at a 3-0 pitch during an intentional walk and delivered her first WCWS hit for a two-run single that broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning.
• Teagan Kavan pitched a three-hitter with one run allowed over seven innings, striking out three to secure the Longhorns’ victory.
• Texas Tech’s only run came after an obstruction call on Leighann Goode in the fifth inning that allowed Logan Halleman to score on Mihyia Davis’s single.
• Texas leads the best-of-three finals 1-0 and can claim its first softball national championship with a win in Game 2 on Thursday at Devon Park.
• Red Raiders ace NiJaree Canady, who hadn’t issued an intentional walk all season, took responsibility for leaving the decisive pitch over the plate and apologized to her team.