Larry Wood pitched an inning on Sunday for the Butler BlueSox before torrential rains postponed the game.

Monday, the lanky left-hander received a text message from BlueSox manager Jason Radwan.

“Are you good?” the text read.

Wood answered “yes” and got the ball again Tuesday night against Champion City at Kelly Automotive Park.

As it turned out, Wood was more than good.

The 6-foot-5 sophomore at Northwood University in Michigan took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and helped Butler to a 3-1 Prospect League win over the Kings.

“I texted him (Monday) to see how he felt and he said he felt pretty good and wanted the ball,” Radwan said. “He always wants the ball. I don’t know if his arm hurts like ever because he throws all the time. He throws bullpens all the time. He throws flat-grounds all the time. So, I thought he could bounce back quick.”

Wood, though, struggled with his command in the top of the first inning. He walked two of the first three batters he faced, but then got back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.

Wood retired the next 11 batters he faced before a fifth-inning walk and then had two more 1-2-3 innings to take a 3-0 lead and a no-hitter into the eighth.

Wood said he was well aware of the situation.

“One of my teammates was messing with me about it,” Wood said. “Until other guys caught him. He technically didn’t (jinx me). I went to more innings after that.”

Wood is the third pitcher in team history to take a no-hitter into the eighth inning. Grove City High grad and current Butler pitcher Jon Anderson and Brad Duffy are the other two.

No BlueSox pitcher has thrown a no-hitter.

John Goodrich led off the eighth inning for Champion City with a single. Adam Fitzgibbon added a perfectly placed bunt single later in the inning and then Cole Dineen stroked a RBI single to chase Wood after 7 2/3 innings.

Eli Martin got the final four outs, including the third out in the eighth on just one pitch, for the save.

“(Wood) throws pretty hard and he keeps guys off balance and throws strikes,” Radwan said. “He’s been pretty good for us.”

Champion City hitting coach Zach Dumler said Wood was good at keeping the Kings from getting into a rhythm at the plate.

“Hitters were saying they couldn’t interrupt his flow,” Dumler said. “He didn’t work out of the stretch that often, so I think he just got into that zone where our hitters couldn’t really get comfortable.”

Butler didn’t exactly get into a flow at the plate, either.

Ty White had the only two hits for the BlueSox: a first-inning RBI double that scored Daane Berezo, who led off the bottom of the frame by getting hit by a pitch, and a fifth-inning infield single.

Evan Korson went 5 1/3 innings for Champion City and Dave Lemasters tossed 2 2/3 hitless innings of relief.

Korson, though, hit three batters and walked three in his first start of the season.

“I feel like he did his part,” Dumler said.

For Butler, it was a welcome win and one that gets the BlueSox back even at 8-8.

“It’s definitely a good win and hopefully we can keep it rolling,” Radwan said. “We’ve been in kind of a win-one, lose-one mode lately. I think this week we’ll turn it on a little bit.”

Champion City 000 000 010 — 1 3 1

Butler 100 101 00x — 3 2 0

W: Larry Wood 7.2IP (5K, 3BB). L: Evan Korson 5.1IP (4K, 3BB). SV: Eli Martin 1.1IP (1K, 0BB)

Champion City (4-15): Cale Dineen 1B RBI, John Goodrich 1B, Adam Fitzgibbon 1B

Butler (8-8): Ty White 2B 1B RBI, Chucky Vasquez RBI, Nick Rabat RBI

Today: Champion City at Butler, 6:35 p.m.