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Chicago Cubs rookie pitcher Kerry Wood meets with the media after striking out 20 Houston Astros batters on Wednesday, May 6, 1998, on the way to pitching a one-hit 2-0 victory. Wood
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The Kerry Wood 20 Strikeout Game
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Baseball's Seven Wonders: Kerry Wood's 20-K Game - Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus
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Kerry Wood's 20 Strikeout Game, batting, Major League Baseball, On this day in 1998, a 20-year-old Kerry Wood struck out 20 batters to tie the major league record., By Chicago Cubs
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The Case for Kerry Wood's 20-Strikeout Gem as MLB's Best Pitching Performance, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Baseball's Seven Wonders: Kerry Wood's 20-K Game - Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus
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Flame Thrower: Cubs' Kerry Wood strikes out 20 in dominant day - Sports Illustrated Vault
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Kerry Wood - Wikipedia
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Chicago Cubs: Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game is MLB's greatest outing
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Kerry Wood's 20 strikeouts, ranked
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Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game score still elite