Day 4 of the Men’s College World Series kicked off with a David-and-Goliath matchup, with No. 3 Arkansas defeating unseeded Murray State. Although the Razorbacks’ bats were relatively quiet, nine nearly perfect innings from junior starting pitcher Gage Wood secured the 3-0 Arkansas win.
Wood was electric on the mound, holding off Murray State with just the third no-hitter in MCWS history and the first since 1960. He notched a career-high 19 strikeouts on 119 pitches, completing a game for the first time in his college career.
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Wood put up seven perfect innings before he hit a batter with a pitch in the eighth. But he stayed strong, notching five more strikeouts to secure the historic no-hitter.
Both offenses were quiet at first, with Wood and Racers starting pitcher Isaac Silva both putting up strong performances. But in the third inning, Arkansas finally got on the board. First baseman Reese Robinett kicked things off with a double into the outfield gap and reached home after his teammates hit a pair of singles.
For most of the game, Silva held off one of the best offenses in the country. He notched seven strikeouts in six innings, allowing six hits and just the one run. But after Silva exited in the seventh inning, replaced by Graham Kelham, the Razorbacks got things going again. Shortstop Wehiwa Aloy hit a key double to knock in one RBI, and then outfielder Logan Maxwell brought in another run off a Murray State error.
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After the Racers closed out the final two innings without conceding any more runs, it came down to three more outs for Wood to make history.
In the first at-bat of the ninth, pinch hitter Nico Bermeo was hit by another pitch from Wood — but then the umpires deemed that Bermeo had moved into the pitch and was out. Wood then dug in to record two more strikeouts to finish the game.
Afterward, Wood remained a perfectionist. “I shouldn’t’ve hit that guy,” he told ESPN on the postgame broadcast, referring to the hit-by-pitch in the eighth that sullied his bid for a perfect game.
Murray State put up a very good fight, but Wood’s heroics brought the Racers’ run in the MCWS to an end. Next up, the Razorbacks will face the loser of LSU vs. UCLA, which will be played Monday night.
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