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Arkansas' Dave Van Horn Reacts After Loss to LSU
Arkansas' Dave Van Horn Reacts After Loss to LSU originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Arkansas lost to LSU 4-1 in their first game of the 2025 College World Series. The Razorbacks are set to face Murray State on Monday at 2:00 p.m. ET in an effort to keep their hopes alive in the tournament. Advertisement Head Coach Dave Van Horn shared his thoughts after the game. 'I thought our pitching was incredible. Obviously Anderson and Shores did a tremendous job. And they finished it up with Evans in the ninth. We had a couple of chances to score some runs and we didn't. Reese hit a home run and got us kind of feeling pretty good, down 3-1. We just needed to score the next inning, but we didn't. Really it boiled down to Anderson. He didn't give us anything. He's 11-1 because he's really good,' said Van Horn. On pulling starter Zach Root early in the game. Dave: To me, it was a hard decision. I had to make a decision. Anderson looked really good. Seems like we weren't getting good swings off him. We were already down three runs. Advertisement They had, I think, Frey coming up, who's hitting over .400 against left-handers. And I just didn't feel like we could let them score anymore. I had a great pitcher in the bullpen who was hot. Yeah, it's early, but the wind's blowing in. It's going to be tough to hit it over anybody's head. Scoring a lot of runs against Anderson to me wasn't something that was going to happen. I hated to do it, but I just felt like it was the right decision. And I'll stand by it. It was the right decision. On how the team felt after falling behind 3-0. Dave: The feeling was we still have seven innings to go or actually eight because I think it was the top of the second. We had eight at-bats. So, we were still in it 3-0, not a problem. We can score three real quick. Advertisement Maybe not tonight with the way they pitched or the way the wind was blowing, but it can happen. I think we were just trying to chip away. Now you start getting into the fifth, sixth inning and you start getting concerned. And Reese hit a home run and still nobody out. That would have been big. I think we had another inning where we had the lead-off man on. He gets to second on a wild pitch and we don't score him. Thomas can't hit a ball any harder to center field but that's the breaks of the game. But the mood was confident. And it's one game. Now we put ourselves in a hole that we've got to dig ourselves out of. Advertisement On LSU starter Kade Anderson. Dave: He really just doesn't leave the ball over the middle of the plate. Even his misses are close. He missed a lot of pitches away to righties that you could tell he was a little frustrated that it was that tight. Changes speeds just enough. The first time we faced him, he struck us out more, but we hit him harder. When we hit it, we hit it hard, and we scored some runs on him. Tonight, when we hit it, we didn't hit it real hard most of the time. He's a really good pitcher, polished. I think he's going to continue to just get a lot better as he gets bigger and stronger. You can just see the projection there. On what's ahead as Arkansas looks to fight their way through the losers bracket. Advertisement Dave: Obviously we need to move on from this one and get over it and not think too far down the road. We've just got to take care of business on Monday. We need to play good Monday because if we don't there's no Tuesday. If we can get through Monday, we've got Tuesday. We've got to do the same thing. You just can't get all uptight about it. These guys, they've come back and won games. They've done some great things this year. So that's what I told them. We've got a bullpen full of pitchers. We've got a bunch of hitters that can hit. They didn't have a good night. We need to move on and get ready for Monday. Advertisement Related: Livvy Dunne Shares Revealing Swimsuit Photos Related: Angel Reese and Livvy Dunne React to Hailey Van Lith Swimsuit Photo Shoot This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
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Getting to know Louisville
The Chanticleers and Tigers will face off for the college baseball national title. Follow all our coverage from Omaha Imagn Images Imagn Images A look at the Louisville Cardinals entering the College World Series: Coach: Dan McDonnell Dan McDonnell Record: 40-22 Players to know: Eddie King Jr., .362 average, 17 HR, 60 RBIs Lucas Moore, .353 average, 5 HR, 48 RBIs, 51 SB Jake Munroe, .345 average, 12 HR, 58 RBIs Zion Rose, .315 average, 12 HR, 63 RBIs, 30 SB Alex Alicea, .310 average, 30 SB Patrick Forbes, 4-2, 4.36 ERA, 107 Ks Jake Schweitzer, 4-2, 2.15 ERA Wyatt Danilowicz, 0-1, 2.25 ERA Imagn Images How the Murray State Racers earned the program's first appearance in the College World Series: Regional Defeated Ole Miss 9-6 Defeated Georgia Tech 13-11 Lost to Ole Miss 19-8 Defeated Ole Miss 12-11 Super Regional Lost to Duke 7-4 Defeated Duke 19-9 Defeated Duke 5-4 A look at the Murray State Racers entering the College World Series: Coach: Dan Skirka Dan Skirka Record: 44-15 Players to know: Dom Decker, .361 average, 48 RBIs Dustin Mercer, .356 average, 39 RBIs Luke Mistone, .340 average, 4 HR, 53 RBIs Jonathan Hogart, .339 average, 22 HR, 56 RBIs Will Vierling, .316 average, 10 HR, 52 RBIs Carson Garner, .281 average, 17 HR, 59 RBIs Dan Tauken, .257 average, 11 HR, 76 RBIs Nic Schutte, 8-4, 4.85 ERA, 94 Ks Isaac Silva, 9-2, 5.09 ERA Graham Kelham, 4-1, 4.40 ERA, 9 S Imagn Images A look at the Arizona Wildcats entering the College World Series: Coach: Chip Hale Chip Hale Record: 44-19 Players to know: Mason White, .332 average, 19 HR, 72 RBIs Aaron Walton, .320 average, 14 HR, 49 RBIs, 18 SB Adonys Guzman, .318 average, 8 HR, 42 RBIs Tommy Splaine, .290 average, 5 HR, 25 RBIs Garen Caulfield, .262, 8 HR, 43 RBIs Smith Bailey, 3-3, 4.01 ERA, 76 K Owen Kramkowski, 9-6, 5.48 ERA, 83 K Imagn Images How the LSU Tigers earned the program's 20th appearance in the College World Series: Regional Defeated Little Rock 7-0 Defeated Dallas Baptist 6-0 Lost to Little Rock 10-4 Defeated Little Rock 10-6 Super Regional Defeated West Virginia 16-9 Defeated West Virginia 12-5 Imagn Images A look at the Oregon State Beavers entering the College World Series: Coach: Mitch Canham Mitch Canham Record: 47-14-1 Players to know: Aiva Arquette, .354 average, 18 HR, 65 RBIs Gavin Turley, .346 average, 19 HR, 66 RBIs Wilson Weber, .333 average, 12 HR, 57 RBIs Canon Reeder, .303 average, 8 HR, 35 RBIs Trent Caraway, .270 average, 12 HR, 47 RBIs Ethan Kleinschmit, 8-4, 3.54 ERA, 106 Ks Dax Whitney, 6-3, 3.66 ERA, 111 Ks Wyatt Queen, 3-1, 3.35 ERA Imagn Images How the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers earned the program's second appearance in the College World Series: Regional Defeated Fairfield 10-2 Defeated East Carolina 18-7 Defeated East Carolina 1-0 Super Regional Defeated Auburn 7-6 Defeated Auburn 4-1 Imagn Images A look at the UCLA Bruins entering the College World Series: Coach: John Savage John Savage Record: 47-16 Players to know: Roch Cholowsky, .367 average, 23 HR, 73 RBIs Roman Martin, .320 average, 9 HR, 58 RBIs Mulivai Levu, .319 average, 12 HR, 85 RBIs Dean West, .315, 4 HR, 40 RBIs, 12 SB AJ Salgado, .313 average, 12 HR, 52 RBIs, 13 SB Michael Barnett, 12-1, 4.09 ERA Landon Stump, 6-1, 4.54 ERA Ian May, 7-3, 5.00 ERA Imagn Images How the Arkansas Razorbacks earned the program's 12th appearance in the College World Series: Regional Defeated North Dakota State 6-2 Defeated Creighton 12-1 Defeated Creighton 8-3 Super Regional Defeated Tennessee 4-3 Defeated Tennessee 11-4 Here are the baseball programs that have won the most national championships: USC: 12 12 LSU: Seven Seven Texas: Six Six Arizona: Five Five Four: Arizona, Cal State Fullerton, Miami (Fla.) Arizona, Cal State Fullerton, Miami (Fla.) Three: Minnesota, Oregon State Minnesota, Oregon State Two: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Stanford, Oklahoma, Michigan, California The eight teams that have earned their trips to Omaha will represent seven conferences. Duke and Murray State will play tonight for the final spot: ACC: Louisville Louisville Big Ten: UCLA UCLA Big 12: Arizona Arizona Missouri Valley: Murray State Murray State SEC: Arkansas, LSU Arkansas, LSU Sun Belt: Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Independent: Oregon State Imagn Images The pairings are set for the College World Series' first two days with tonight's game completing the field. The first game will start at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, pitting Coastal Carolina vs. Arizona. The second game on Friday will be Oregon State vs. Louisville at 7 p.m. ET. On Saturday, UCLA will face Murray State at 2 p.m. ET, and the first round will be completed by LSU vs. Arkansas at 7 p.m. ET. The double-elimination tournament will culminate in a three-game championship series June 21-23. Imagn Images The remaining eight teams from the NCAA baseball tournament that are in the College World Series: Arizona Arkansas Coastal Carolina LSU Louisville Murray State Oregon State UCLA Imagn Images Here are the first-round games for the College World Series. All times are ET. ESPN will broadcast games: Today: Coastal Carolina vs. Arizona, 2 p.m. Oregon State vs. Louisville, 7 p.m. Saturday: UCLA vs. Murray State, 2 p.m. Arkansas vs. LSU, 7 p.m. A look at the College World Series history for the eight teams in Omaha: LSU is making its 20th appearance in the College World Series. It won the national title in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009 and 2023. Arizona is making its 19th appearance. It won the title in 1976, 1980, 1986 and 2012. Arkansas is making its 12th appearance. Oregon State is making its eighth appearance. It won the national title in 2006, 2007 and 2018. UCLA is making its sixth appearance. It won the national title in 2013. Louisville is making its sixth appearance. Coastal Carolina is making its second appearance. It won the title in its first trip in 2016. Murray State is making its first appearance. There's no better place to follow all your favorite teams, leagues and players than on The Athletic as we focus here on the final eight teams in the country chasing a college baseball national title. We've got you covered on all things NBA with the NBA Finals and NHL with the Stanley Cup Final, while the MLB and NFL offseason roll along with much, much more. You can subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here. The Athletic Which team will claim college baseball's national title in Omaha, Neb., at the College World Series? The season is nearing its thrilling finale, and we will have all the coverage to get you there. We'd love to hear from you. Get involved with our discussion at live@ We will take the best contributions and add them to the blog. Hello, baseball fans. Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of the College World Series. We have eight intriguing teams to follow this week as they chase a national title. Will an SEC program claim the championship for the sixth straight time? Or will another team break that string? It's going to be a fun and exciting week finding out those answers. We will have a double-elimination tournament that will build up to the three-game championship series to decide the national champion. Follow along with our coverage from Omaha.
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3 days ago
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Latest MLB Draft projections for Gage Wood after historic performance
Latest MLB Draft projections for Gage Wood after historic performance Gage Wood made some incredible baseball history on Monday, hurling a no-hitter with 19 strikeouts for Arkansas in the College World Series against Murray State. The Razorbacks won, 3-0, as Gage became the first player to toss a no-hitter on this stage since Oklahoma State's Jim Wixson in 1960. Only a hit batter in the eighth inning separated Wood from a perfect game. Still, the timing could't have been any better as Wood closes out his Arkansas career and prepares for the MLB Draft on July 13. Wood was already expected to go high in the draft. Here's the latest look at his draft stock after Monday's all-timer of a performance in Omaha. MLB Prospect Ranking: No. 50 After Wood became Arkansas' closer as a freshman in 2023 and then continued to log high-leverage relief innings as a sophomore, scouts looked forward to him joining the rotation this spring. He came down with a shoulder impingement after his second start and missed two months before coming back for the stretch run. Though his command was sporadic, his combination of stuff and strikes could still land him in the top two rounds. Wood has one of the best fastballs in the Draft, sitting at 94-96 mph and reaching 98. Its combination of velocity and carry, along with his low release height and flat approach angle, produce elite rates of chases, as well as overall and in-zone swing and misses. He relies heavily on his heater and a power 82-85 mph curveball that shows flashes of becoming a plus pitch. Wood's upper-80s slider isn't nearly as effective as his curve and he barely uses a changeup with similar velocity and decent fade. After battling the strike zone as a freshman, he has carried a five percent walk rate the last two seasons. He has the ingredients to succeed as a starter, though he has also had shoulder issues in high school and will have to prove he can handle the workload. Baseball America Mock Draft 4.0 (June 9): No. 21, Houston Astros Wood has been on a rocket ship in recent weeks. He has first-round stuff between his swing-and-miss, mid-90s fastball and a hard biting power curve. There are some Cade Horton/Ty Floyd vibes to Wood's 2025 season and postseason up-arrow surge. Dana Brown has prioritized riding fastballs like Wood's in the past. Some in the industry think this is too high, but we're reaching a bit of a vacuum in the college starter demographic at this point in the draft. ESPN Mock Draft 1.0 (May 28): No. 17, Chicago Cubs Wood is a hot name because of his huge stuff, but he has started only 10 games in college. Some scouts think that if he can make a number of starts for Arkansas this postseason, he could have a rise like Cade Horton, who went No. 7 in 2022 out of Oklahoma and is now in the big leagues for the Cubs. This projection is a little speculative, but I don't think Wood would get out of the 20s if the draft were held today. He is a more refined version of another Arkansas pitcher the Cubs took in the second round in 2023, Jaxon Wiggins. Just Baseball Mock Draft 4.0 (June 16): No. 38, New York Mets If you're looking for the ability to miss bats with the fastball, look no further than Arkansas' Gage Wood. The secondaries haven't quite caught up with the fastball but Wood would (see what I did there?) likely flourish as a starter in a strong Mets pitching development environment. We'll see what the next round of mock drafts look like after the College World Series wraps up.
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Men's College World Series: Arkansas' Gage Wood throws no-hitter to eliminate Murray State, LSU advances over UCLA
Day 4 of the Men's College World Series kicked off with a David-and-Goliath matchup as No. 3 Arkansas defeated unseeded Murray State with some history made by Razorbacks right-hander Gage Wood. UCLA and LSU met in a presumably more even clash in the second half of Monday's doubleheader. The two teams provided plenty of thunder in the first inning before weather delayed their game in the fourth. Advertisement Play resumed Tuesday with LSU leading 5-3. It ended 9-5, with LSU coming out on top. With the win, LSU moves on. They'll play the winner of Arkansas and UCLA, which play Tuesday night. Arkansas 3, Murray State 0 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, 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. 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 a pair of singles. Advertisement 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. 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 the umpires deemed Bermeo had moved into the pitch and was out. Wood then dug deep to record two more strikeouts to finish the game. Advertisement "I shouldn't have hit that guy," Wood 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 Tuesday night. LIVE: LSU 9, UCLA 5 in the ninth inning The Bruins knocked LSU starting pitcher Anthony Eyanson back right away, putting the first five batters on base. A Roman Martin double drove in Roch Cholowsky for the game's first run. That was followed by a run-scoring infield single from AJ Salgado and an RBI groundout by Payton Brennan. The Tigers answered back decisively in the bottom of the first against UCLA starter Landon Stump. Ethan Frey, Steven Milam and Jake Brown hit consecutive one-out singles, resulting in one run scored. Jared Jones then hit one over the right-center-field fence for a three-run homer and a 4-3 LSU lead. The Tigers added another run in the third after Stump walked Frey and Milam to begin the inning. He recovered to strike out Brown and Jones, giving UCLA a chance to keep those runners stranded, but Luis Hernandez hit an RBI single to make it 5-3. Advertisement The two teams took the field for the fourth inning, but then umpires suspended the game due to rain. After a nearly three-hour weather delay, the decision was made to delay the game until 11 a.m. ET Tuesday. Play resumed Tuesday, with LSU picking up where it left off Monday night. After Casan Evans struck out two batters in the top of the fourth inning, LSU started piling on the runs in the bottom of the frame. After two quick outs, LSU put two men on base with a single and a walk. Steven Milam then added an RBI single. That was followed up by a Jake Brown single, which drove in another run. LSU extended its lead to 7-3 during the inning. Advertisement Evans returned for the fifth inning, and struck out another batter before keeping UCLA off the board again. LSU went quietly in the bottom of the inning, keeping it 7-3. UCLA threatened briefly in the top of the sixth, but a nifty double play from Milam at short ended that threat. LSU added another run in the bottom of the seventh. With Jared Jones on third, Daniel Dickenson blooped a single to extend the team's lead. The eighth inning proved to be a problem for LSU. After a quick out, UCLA managed to load the bases thanks to a single, hit by pitch and a walk. A groundout and an inside single brought in two runs, cutting LSU's lead to 8-5. With two men on, and two outs, Cashel Duggar walked to load the bases again. Chase Shores was called in by LSU to put out the rally. He induced a groundout on the first pitch he threw, keeping the score 8-5. Advertisement LSU snagged another run in the bottom of the eighth, making it 9-5 entering the final inning. Three groundouts later, and LSU won the contest. The win pushes them forward. With the loss, UCLA will take on Arkansas on Tuesday evening to see which team takes on LSU in the next round. LSU fans have to wait another six innings to see if their team will advance in the MCWS, but the rain delay allowed Tigers die-hards an opportunity to leave the competition even further behind in the Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge. Earlier Monday, LSU alumni Paul Skenes and Livvy Dunne updated the board, to the delight of Tigers fans packed into Rocco's Pizza and Cantina. Do any of the other seven fan bases have a chance to catch LSU's tally of 17,746 as of Monday night? None of the other schools has even reached 10,000 Jell-O shots. Underdog Murray State has, however, maintained a respectable showing at 7,293. Advertisement The record of 68,888, set by LSU in 2023, is still within reach. More weather delays could help, though none of the fans at Charles Schwab Field, viewers on ESPN, players or coaches on either of the affected teams would likely care for that. What will that board look like on Tuesday after three games are played?
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Arkansas pitcher Gage Wood throws third no-hitter in CWS history, gets 19 strikeouts against Murray State
Arkansas' Gage Wood pitched the third no-hitter in College World Series (CWS) history and the first in 65 years on Monday, striking out a record 19 and never letting Murray State come close to getting a hit in the Razorbacks' 3-0 victory. 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, and his defense was never really challenged as he dominated a Racers team that was making its first Omaha appearance. The junior right-hander, who set the CWS record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game, was subdued in the aftermath. 'The only special thing was I didn't want to go home. That's it,' he said. 'We're not going home. We get to play tomorrow night. But it's pretty cool.' Arkansas (49-14) plays another elimination game Tuesday night against the loser of Monday night's game between LSU and UCLA. Murray State (44-17), only the fourth No. 4 regional seed since 1999 to reach Omaha, went 0-2 in its first appearance. Wood's bid for a perfect game ended in the eighth when his 2-2 breaking ball hit Dom Decker in his back foot.
