perfect game
noun
: a baseball game in which a pitcher allows no hits, no runs, and no opposing batter to reach first base
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Fort Worth Benbrook high school baseball, the District 9-4A champions, did not throw a perfect game.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
Soon, a young pitcher will throw the first perfect game in the history of the franchise’s new home.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
Soon, a young pitcher will throw the first perfect game in the history of the franchise’s new home.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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