By TIM WILLERT The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam, and Texas Tech forced a decisive third game in the Women’s College World Series with a 4-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night.

The Game 3 showdown on Friday night (5 p.m. PT, ESPN) matches two programs looking for their first national title.

Canady, who allowed a go-ahead, two-run single for Texas (55-12) while trying to walk a member of the Longhorns in the sixth inning of an eventual 2-1 loss in Game 1 , again went the distance for the Red Raiders (54-13). She has pitched every inning in the super regionals and World Series and carried a 4-1 lead to the seventh.

But Texas’ Katie Stewart reached on an error by the shortstop and Canady hit Victoria

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