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University of Arkansas shot prima Gage Wood pitched conscionable the 3rd no-hitter successful College World Series past and archetypal successful 65 years connected Monday, striking retired a grounds 19 against Murray State to support his team's 3-0 victory.
Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas successful 1950 and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State successful 1960 arsenic the lone pitchers to propulsion CWS no-hitters.
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Arkansas Razorbacks starting pitcher Gage Wood (14) celebrates with infielder Gabe Fraser (6) aft throwing a nary hitter against the Murray State Racers astatine Charles Schwab Field. (Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images)
The inferior lone had 2 three-ball counts arsenic 83 of his 119 pitches were strikes.
Wood had bid for a cleanable crippled successful the eighth inning, but a 2-2 breaking shot deed Dom Decker successful his backmost foot.
"When I deed the feline successful the foot, I knew I screwed up," Wood said aft the game.
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The Arkansas Razorbacks observe with starting pitcher Gage Wood (14) aft pitching a nary hitter to decision the Murray State Racers astatine Charles Schwab Field. (Dylan Widger-Imagn Images)
Still, Wood, a inferior right-hander who acceptable the CWS grounds for strikeouts successful a nine-inning game, celebrated his feat aft the game.
"The lone peculiar happening was I didn’t privation to spell home. That’s it," helium said. "We’re not going home. We get to play time night. But it’s beauteous cool."
Wood has gone from person arsenic a freshman to mediate reliever arsenic a sophomore to play starter arsenic a junior. He injured his close enarthrosis throwing a warmup transportation successful his Feb. 23 commencement against Michigan and didn’t instrumentality until April 18 against Texas A&M, a full of 54 days.
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Arkansas Razorbacks starting pitcher Gage Wood (14) pitches against the Murray State Racers during the ninth inning astatine Charles Schwab Field. (Dylan Widger-Imagn Images)
Asked what helium did with the crippled ball, Wood said, "I gave it to my dada and said blessed precocious Father’s Day."
Arkansas (49-14) plays different elimination crippled Tuesday nighttime against the victor of Monday night’s crippled betwixt LSU and UCLA.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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