OMAHA, Neb. — Arkansas right-hander Gage Wood threw the third no-hitter in Men’s College World Series history to propel the Razorbacks to a 3-0 win over Murray State in an elimination game at Charles Schwab Field on Monday.
Wood set a program record with 19 strikeouts, which was the second-most in MCWS history and the most in a nine-inning game.
The first no-hitter in the MCWS in 65 years required 119 pitches, but Wood said his fastball felt great throughout the game.
“It didn’t throw a pitch out of the stretch for a while,” Gage told ESPN when asked when he realized how close he was getting to a no-hitter.
Oklahoma State’s Jim Wixson recorded the last MCWS no-hitter, in 1960. The first was posted by Texas’ Jim Ehrler in 1950.
Arkansas advances to face the loser of Monday night’s game between LSU and UCLA, while Murray State was eliminated.
–Derek Harper, Field Level Media
