Arkansas's Wood strikes out 19 in CWS no-hitter
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Arkansas righty Gage Wood made history on Monday at the College World Series.
The draft-eligible hurler struck out 19 batters in a 3-0 no-hit shutout of Murray State in Omaha. It was the first no-hitter at the College World Series in 65 years.
Wood, 21, missed his chance at a perfect game by leading off the eighth inning by hitting a batter. He finished the game with 119 pitches.
The no-hitter was the third in College World Series history with Wood following in the footsteps of Jim Ehrler of Texas in 1950 and Oklahoma State's Jim Wixson in 1960.
A native of Newport, AR, Wood is in his junior season. Heading into the game, Wood was 3-1 with a 5.02 earned run average and 1.186 WHIP over 28.2 innings pitched in nine starts. He struck out 50 batters and walked seven.
The No. 3 Hogs move on to play the loser of No. 15 UCLA versus No. 6 LSU set for later on Monday night.