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Texas Softball vs. Texas Tech WCWS Championship Series Game Two: Live Game Updates

The Texas Longhorns will look to seal their second national championship against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Texas Longhorns infielder Jaycie Nichols (24) reacts after called safe at home in the fourth inning against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Texas Longhorns infielder Jaycie Nichols (24) reacts after called safe at home in the fourth inning against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. | Brett Rojo-Imagn Images

The Texas Longhorns are on the cusp of making more history as they're now just one win away from claiming back-to-back national championships after taking the first game of the Women's College World Series championship series.

The Longhorns are the time to land the first blow in the championship series in a rematch of last year's season-ending series against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas once again takes the first game of the best-of-three series with a 7-3 win to open the all-Lone Star State battle.

Here's a look at how to watch the second game of the championship series, and a live game log later, when the two teams take the field for a decisive game two.

How to Watch Texas vs. Texas Tech

Texas Longhorns utility Katie Stewart
Texas Longhorns utility Katie Stewart (20) celebrates after hitting a home run in the first inning of during Game 1 of the NCAA softball Women's College World Series finals. | BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Who: No. 2 Texas Longhorns and No. 11 Texas Tech Red Raiders

What: Women's College World Series championship series Game Two

When: June 4, 7:00 p.m. CT

Where: Devon Park, Oklahoma City

TV/Streaming: ESPN

These Team Have Been Here Before

Texas Longhorns outfielder Kayden Henry
Texas Longhorns outfielder Kayden Henry (21) bunts and reaches first base safely in the first inning against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. | Brett Rojo-Imagn Images

The Longhorns and Red Raiders are no strangers to this stage, with last year's national championship being decided between these same two teams. And in that series a season ago, the Longhorns also took the first game of the series with a narrow 2-1 victory.

The difference in that ballgame would be a two-RBI single from Reese Atwood in one of the weirdest at-bats in the sixth inning. Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady was meant to intentionally walk Atwood; however, a 3-0 pitch would come too close to the zone, and the Longhorns slugger would pounce on the mistake to give the Longhorns the lead and the win.

And in game two of the championship series a year ago, the Longhorns, just like this season, needed just a win to clinch a national title while the Red Raiders needed a win to force a game three. In that game, the Red Raiders would force a winner-take-all game three after a 4-3 win in game two.

While the Red Raiders headed into the final game of the series with momentum, the Longhorns would run away in game three of the championship series. A fast start fueled a 10-4 victory that gave the Longhorns their first national title in program history.

Follow along as we provide live at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns looking to seal the championship series against the Red Red Raiders. They do so against Texas Tech on Thursday night at Devon Park.


The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

CF - Kayden Henry

2B - Katie Stewart

SS - Viviana Martinez

C - Reese Atwood

2B - Leighann Goode

DP - Hannah Wells

LF - Kaiah Altmeyer

RF - Ashton Maloney

3B - Jayice Nichols

P - Citlaly Gutierrez

Live updates will be available after first pitch

Top First:

NiJaree Canady (Texas Tech) pitching

Henry: Single

Stewart: Popped up to the catcher

Martinez: Fouled out to third

Atwood: Groundout to pitcher

Bottom First:

Citlaly Gutierrez (Texas) pitching

Williams: Groundout to third

Davis: Hit by pitch

Allred: Strikeout swinging

Lis: Line out to center field

Top Second:

Goode: Groundout to pitcher

Wells: Strikeout swinging

Altmeyer: Groundout to third

Bottom Second:

Pannell: Fly out to right field

Terry: Walk

Burns: Single

Toney: Strikeout looking

Quiroga: Groundout to first

Top Third:

Maloney: Groundout to second

Nichols: Groundout to third

Henry: Lineout to short

Bottom Third:

Williams: Groundout to short

Davis: Single

Allred: RBI single, Longhorns trailing 1-0

Lis: Reached on a fielder's choice, Allred out at second

Pannell: Fielder's choice, Lis out at second

Top Fourth:

Stewart: Strikeout looking

Martinez: Popped up to center field

Atwood: Double

Goode: Hit by pitch

Wells: Popped up to second

Bottom Fourth:

Hannah Wells (Texas) pitching

Terry: Groundout to second

Burns: Single

Toney: Groundout to short, Lo Halleman (PR for Burns) advances to second

Canady (PH): Walk, Lo Halleman advances to third on wild pitch

Williams: Hit by pitch

Citlaly Gutierrez (Texas) pitching)

Davis: Line out to center field

Top Fifth:

Altmeyer: Single

Maloney: Single

Nichols: Reached on fielder's choice, Altmeyer out at third, Maloney advances to second

Henry: Line out to left field

Stewart: Intentionally walk

Martinez: Reached on a fielder's choice, Maloney and Nichols scored on a throwing error, Longhorns leading 2-1

Atwood: Intentionally Walk

Goode: Flyout to second

Bottom Fifth:

Allred: Strikeout swinging

Lis: Fly out to center field

Pannell: Groundout to third

Top Sixth:

Wells: Single

Altmeyer: Fly out to left center

Maloney: Lineout to short

Hunter (PH): Groundout to second

Bottom Sixth:

Teagan Kavan (Texas) pitching

Terry: Strikeout swinging

Burns: Strikeout swinging

Toney: Strikeout looking

Top Seventh:

Henry: Solo home run, Longhorns leading 3-1

Stewart: Single

Martinez: Groundout to first

Atwood: Intentionally walked

Goode: RBI single, Longhorns leading 4-1

Wells: Strikeout swinging

Altmeyer: Fouled out to third

Bottom Seventh:

Quiroga: Groundout to short

Williams: Strikeout swinging

Davis: Strikeout swinging

Final: Texas 4, Texas Tech 1

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Ylver Deleon-Rios
YLVER DELEON-RIOS

Ylver Deleon-Rios is an English major and Journalism and Media minor at the University of Texas at Austin. His experience in sports journalism includes writing for The Daily Texan, where he has worked on the soccer and softball beats. A native Houstonian, he roots for the Astros and the Rockets while also rooting for the Dallas Cowboys.

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