Wood’s 20-strikeout game earned him a 105, the highest score ever for a nine-inning game. By comparison, Max Scherzer’s 17-stirkeout no-hitter against the Mets in 2015 produced a game score of ...

Sports; An emotional farewell: Cubs' Kerry Wood gets one last strikeout, then announces retirement. Published: May. 18, 2012, 11:44 p.m. May. 18, 2012, 11:44 p.m.

Kerry Wood had struck out 20 batters. He was 20 years old, making his fifth career major league start for the Chicago Cubs , and he had just blown away the Houston Astros , one of the best hitting ...

Wood’s unrealistic expectations in Chicago were manufactured on May 6, 1998, during a 20-strikeout game against the Houston Astros. But his future — at least until now — was shaped during a ...

The Kerry Wood 20-strikeout game was one of the greatest individual performances in baseball history. There is no argument from the peanut gallery, no dissent from the contrarians among you.

Cubs rookie fireballer Kerry Wood burst onto the scene with a 20-strikeout performance against the Houston Astros in 1998, which might still be the most dominant pitching performance in baseball ...

CHICAGO -- You shouldn't be surprised Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood struck out the first batter he faced in the major leagues. It was Mark Grudzielanek, then of the Montreal Expos. Fourteen ...

Chris Perez eager to tackle closing role for Cleveland Indians as Kerry Wood is out 6-8 weeks with muscle strain Updated: Mar. 21, 2010, 7:52 a.m. | Published: Mar. 21, 2010, 6:52 a.m.

Wood Back in Playoffs as a Different Pitcher in a New Town. Share full article. By Ben Shpigel. Sept. 30, 2010; TORONTO Any baseball fan worth his or her Cracker Jack can recite the essentials ...

Kerry Wood Cubs Field is the first diamond on the North Side to meet Illinois High School Association standards. Wood says when he learned about the lack of facilities in the city, ...

Wood needs to be careful if he wants his post-career vision to be realized, and actual baseball is only a part of it. A look back to December of 2010 is in order to understand what he's even doing ...

Kerry Wood and ‘the greatest game ever pitched’: The oral history of May 6, 1998, at Wrigley Field By Dan Wiederer May 1, 2018 On May 6, 1998, Astros outfielder Derek Bell woke up as the ...