Overview
- Wood carried a perfect game into the eighth inning before his 2-2 breaking ball hit Dom Decker to end the bid for perfection.
- The junior right-hander completed a nine-inning shutout, improving Arkansas to 49-14 and extending its College World Series life.
- Arkansas will face the loser of Tuesday’s LSU-UCLA game in another elimination contest to stay alive in Omaha.
- According to recent projections, Wood is a likely first- or second-round pick in the upcoming MLB Draft.
- After the finale, Wood gave the game ball to his father as a late Father’s Day gift.