Felt like a win with Jordy or lose with Jordy type of day. She’s earned that, but you do wonder with hindsight if Nebraska should have turned to Jensen after the initial hit. Also can’t overlook that Nebraska didn’t do much to back Jordy up offensively. She scored the team’s only run.

Five outs away from a no-hitter, Jordy Frahm gave up an infield single to Jaycie Nichols with one out in the sixth inning. Then she allowed another single to Kayden Henry.

Frahm now is in danger of losing this game after serving up a home run to Katie Stewart, who blasted a drive down the left-field line for a 3-run shot.

Katie Stewart blasts one to left field, scoring three and turning a dream into a nightmare for Jordy Frahm. Texas goes up, 3-1, in the bottom of the sixth.

Jaycie Nichols, the 9-hitter, dropped one feet outside of the left field line. She followed it up with a slap to the left side for Texas’ first hit of the game. Jordy’s no-hitter is also now over. Leadoff hitter Kayden Henry followed it with a single up the right side and Nebraska

There have been only six perfect games in Women’s College World Series history. The last was Montana Fouts for Alabama in 2021. UCLA’s Tracy Compton (1982) and Tanya Harding (1995); Adelphi’s Julie Bolduc (1984); Texas A&M’s Shawn Andaya (1987) and Southern Miss’ Courtney Blades (2000) have also thrown them.

Perfect game gone. Reese Atwood works a full-count walk as Texas’ first base runner of the game. One out in the bottom of the fifth.

That fourth inning production matched the first for Jordy Frahm with nine pitches, seven of which were strikes. No Ks, but two grounders to second and a fly ball to center keep Texas off the bases. She’s thrown 47 pitches (33 strikes) with four strikeouts, no hits, no walks, no runs through four innings.

Plays don’t get much closer than the one that ended the top of the fourth inning. Nebraska’s Jesse Farrell hit a groundball to second base, partially deflected by pitcher Teagan Kavan.

Texas infielder Leighann Goode made the throw to Katie Stewart at first base and was Farrell was ruled out on the proverbial bang-bang play. Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle challenged the call.

However, replay showed a very close play with the ball hitting Stewart’s glove just before Farrell’s foot landed on the first-base bag.

Jordy Frahm is through three innings for Nebraska, allowing no runs and no hits. She’s thrown 38 pitches, 26 for strikes and has four strikeouts.

Oh, she’s also responsible for the game’s only run thus far, leading off the game with a solo home run.

Teagan Kavan has nearly matched her for Texas, but she did give up Frahm’s homer.

The ABC telecast highlighted the controversy between Texas Tech third baseman Taylor Pannell and Tennessee head coach Karen Weekly following yesterday’s win by the Vols.

Pannell claimed that Weekly told her that she “made a mistake” transferring from Tennessee to Texas Tech in the postgame handshake line. Weekly denied the accusation, responding that she simply said “good game.”

ABC played video of the handshake line and the video appears to support Weekly’s account of the matter. Reporter Holly Rowe also said that she heard Weekly say “good game” to every Red Raiders player.

Here’s the clip:

Pannell did react after the handshake line finished, acting as if someone did say what she claimed to hear. But based on the video, if such a remark was made, it appeared to come from a Vols player or other coach besides Weekly.

Jordy Frahm’s first inning: 9 pitches, seven strikes, two strikeouts. Completely different pitcher and hitter than we saw yesterday.

First pitch strike. Second pitch strike. Third pitch swinging strikeout.

Jordy is not ready for her collegiate career to be over.

Jordy Frahm just provided herself with some run support, leading off this game with a home run for Nebraska off Texas hurler Teagan Kavan. Here’s the video:

Oh, OKAYYYYY, we have a very different Jordy Frahm today. Smashes one to center on the third pitch of the game against Teagan Kavan. She becomes the first player in NCAA history with back-to-back 20-win, 20-home run seasons.

Jordy Frahm will get the ball for the third time in as many games. Head coach Rhonda Revelle said they went back-and-forth on who to start last night, but ultimately felt “on this stage in that moment, it was Jordy’s to take.” When she struggled and had thrown 40 pitches (on top of 133 in the first game), Nebraska turned to freshman Alexis Jensen.

Revelle said Jensen’s performance was a “bright spot” and they could “get her land legs” under her on this stage.

“In that sense, mission accomplished,” Revelle said. “We kept Jordy’s pitch count down. We didn’t run that up. We got Lex four innings against a really good team in the College World Series.”

Texas-Nebraska at 3 p.m. ET, followed by UCLA-Texas Tech at 7 p.m. ET are today’s WCWS games from Devon Park in Oklahoma City.

Nebraska was held to one hit for only the second time all season. And with its 5-1 loss to Alabama, the Cornhuskers’ 27-game winning streak has ended.

The Crimson Tide gets Sunday off before playing in the semifinals on Monday, awaiting the winner between Texas Tech and UCLA.

Nebraska plays Texas on Sunday afternoon in an elimination game. The winner of that contest faces Tennessee on Monday.

Alabama’s Jocelyn Briski retired Nebraska in order, closing out the ninth inning for a 5-1 win. The Crimson Tide advances to the Women’s College World Series semifinals.

The junior right-hander was exceptional, allowing one hit in seven innings. She threw 83 pitches, 62 for strikes. Her only one run came on Hannah Camenzind’s home run in the fourth inning.