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Arkansas and Omaha. For a place that is supposed to be the Mecca of college baseball, it hasn’t been particularly kind to the Razorbacks. Each of the last three times, and four of their last five the Hogs have been to the College World Series,
Gage Wood said he had one thing on his mind after tossing a strike for the final out of a historic College World Series no-hitter, which led Arkansas past Murray State and extended his season: "We're not going home.
Arkansas and Murray State meet in College World Series action on Monday afternoon in a must-win game for both teams in the double-elimination format.
Arkansas’ Gage Wood set the CWS record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game and never let Murray State come close to getting a hit in the Razorbacks’ 3-0 victory.
College World Series continued on Monday in Omaha, Nebraska, though it was ultimately cut short due to inclement weather. In the first game of the day,
Wood had 19 strikeouts to complete just the third no-hitter in MCWS history and end the Racers' Cinderella run.
Gage Wood took a perfect game into the eighth inning and finished off the first no-hitter at the College World Series since 1960 to lead the University of Arkansas baseball team to a 3-0 victory over Murray State on Monday in an elimination game at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha,
Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas in 1950 and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State in 1960 as the only pitchers to throw CWS no-hitters.
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Under Dave Van Horn, Arkansas baseball has faced postseason heartbreak. That could continue after a College World Series loss.