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.

Until allowing five Texas softball runs on five hits in the first inning of a 10-4 trampling, Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady didn’t know limits.

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.