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PHILADELPHIA — Gage Wood’s first association with the Philadelphia Phillies before they picked him 26th overall in this month’s MLB draft was an interaction with Cliff Lee as a kid. Wood, a right-handed pitcher hailing from Batesville, Ark., attended a baseball camp in Little Rock as a kid.
Wood's arsenal features a devastating four-seam fastball, and he used it masterfully against the Racers. Murray State was one of the hottest teams in the field offensively and used its bats to fuel a Cinderella run to Omaha, but the no-hitter brought the Racers' miraculous postseason to an end.
A Historic No-Hitter at the College World Series. In a 3–0 victory over Murray State on 16 June, Gage Wood delivered a no-hitter for the ages in the College World Series. It was only the third ...