Arkansas' Wood throws 1st MCWS no-no since '60

OMAHA, Neb. -- Arkansas' Gage Wood pitched the 3rd no-hitter successful Men's College World Series past and archetypal successful 65 years Monday, striking retired a grounds 19 and ne'er letting Murray State travel adjacent to getting a deed successful the Razorbacks' 3-0 victory.

Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas successful 1950 against Tufts and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State successful 1960 against North Carolina arsenic the lone pitchers to propulsion MCWS no-hitters, and his defence was ne'er truly challenged arsenic helium dominated a Racers squad that was making its archetypal Omaha appearance.

The inferior right-hander acceptable the MCWS grounds for strikeouts successful a nine-inning game. His bid for a cleanable crippled ended successful the eighth erstwhile his 2-2 breaking shot deed Dom Decker successful his backmost foot. Wood, who got a foul retired and consecutive strikeouts to extremity the inning, looked skyward and gave a primal shriek and did a mates of precocious steps arsenic helium headed to the dugout.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.