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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (06/02/2026) — The Texas Longhorns landed an early haymaker and never let go, defeating the Texas Tech Red Raiders 7-3 in front of 12,149 fans at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park on Tuesday. Texas pushed five runs across in the opening inning and rode a complete-game effort from Teagan Kavan to hold off a late Red Raider rally.
How It Happened
Texas Tech struck first, with Mihyia Davis launching a solo home run to left in the top of the first to put the Red Raiders ahead 1-0. The lead lasted only minutes. In the bottom half, Texas answered with a barrage. Katie Stewart homered to center, scoring Kayden Henry, to flip the score to 2-1. Kaiah Altmeyer followed with an infield single to first that brought home Reese Atwood, and Ashton Maloney capped the outburst with a two-run triple to left that plated Hayden Wells and Altmeyer. When the dust settled, Texas led 5-1 before Texas Tech had recorded its final out of the first.
The Longhorns continued to add on. In the fourth, Viviana Martinez reached on an infield single to second, scoring Joley Nichols to make it 6-1. The Red Raiders found life in the fifth when Mia Williams homered to center, scoring Jasmyn Burns, to trim the deficit to 6-3. But Texas restored its cushion in the sixth as Martinez delivered again, this time on a sacrifice fly to center that scored Nichols for the 7-3 final.
Turning Point
The game turned on Texas's five-run first inning. Facing an early 1-0 hole after Davis's leadoff-frame homer, the Longhorns responded with four consecutive scoring plays — Stewart's two-run shot, Altmeyer's RBI single, and Maloney's two-run triple — to seize a 5-1 lead before the Red Raiders could settle in. That sequence accounted for the entirety of the Red Raiders' deficit and forced Texas Tech to chase for the rest of the night. With only one lead change in the game and no ties after the first, the early surge proved decisive.
Star of the Game
Teagan Kavan was the difference in the circle for Texas, throwing all seven innings and allowing three runs on just three hits while striking out six. Kavan limited the Red Raiders to a pair of solo-driven home-run swings and kept the offense from stringing together sustained threats, retiring the side efficiently across the middle innings to protect the early lead.
At the plate, Texas spread the production around. Martinez went 2-for-3 with two RBI, driving in a run in both the fourth and sixth. Stewart finished 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBI, a run scored and a walk, while Maloney's 1-for-2 night included the two-run triple that broke the game open. Henry added a 2-for-4 performance with a run scored, and Altmeyer chipped in a hit, a run and an RBI.
For Texas Tech, Williams (1-for-3, home run, two RBI) and Davis (1-for-3, home run, RBI) accounted for the Red Raiders' offense with their long balls. In the circle, Texas Tech turned to three arms: Kaitlyn Terry allowed four runs on four hits over 1.1 innings, NiJaree Canady gave up one run with a strikeout over 1.1 innings, and Samantha Lincoln settled things down with 3.1 innings of two-run, four-hit ball with a strikeout.
What It Means
The win underscores Texas's ability to win with all three phases — power, timely hitting, and a workhorse start. The Longhorns showed they can deliver a knockout inning and then lean on Kavan to close it out, a formula that travels well on the sport's biggest stage at Devon Park.
For Texas Tech, the loss stings but the building blocks remain. Williams and Davis flashed the kind of game-changing power that keeps the Red Raiders dangerous, and Canady's tidy relief outing offered a bright spot. Texas Tech will look to clean up the early-game lapses that handed the Longhorns a lead they never relinquished. In a matchup of two of the nation's most talented rosters, the margin came down to one explosive inning — and Texas made it count.
