Texas Tech star pitcher Nijaree Canady will start in the WCWS championship opener Wednesday despite a sore left hamstring she has been dealing with since February, her coach confirmed Tuesday.

Still, it's not uncommon to see a softball hurler pitch multiple games in a row. Texas star Teagan Kavan tallied back-to-back complete games to open up the WCWS before throwing 3.2 innings in relief to punch the Longhorns' ticket into the finals.

Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady threw every pitch for the Red Raiders in the Women’s College World Series through the first two games of the championship series and the first inning of the third. Canady,