: of, relating to, or being a baseball game or a part of a game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits
no-hit; no-hitting; no-hits
: to give up no base hits to
no-hit them for five innings
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 June 2024
And the Nationals, by the way, were just no-hit by the Padres’ Dylan Cease on July 25.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
Marte scored on a groundout to second by Brandon Nimmo, but the Mets — who have been no-hit into the eighth inning three times and into the ninth inning twice this season — got just two hits the rest of the way.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen no-hit the Giants for the duration of his six-inning start, consistently getting into two-strike counts and generating whiffs on offspeed pitches out of the zone from there.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Snell no-hit the Braves for six innings and Sale lasted an inning longer than the Giants’ southpaw.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Blake Snell no-hit the Reds on Friday night for the 18th in franchise history and the first since 2015.
—Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
The Marlins went from being no-hit by the Boston Red Sox into the seventh inning... to tying the game with two outs in the eighth ... to nearly recording their MLB-leading ninth walk-off win of the season in the ninth ...
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
Severino, the Yankee-turned-Met, no-hit the Chicago Cubs through seven innings before surrendering a hit to Dansby Swanson in the eighth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
In the bottom of the sixth, the White Sox saved themselves from being no-hit and shut out, but Lenyn Sosa’s leadoff single and run scored on Zach DeLoach’s double were the extent of the rally in that frame.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 June 2024
And the Nationals, by the way, were just no-hit by the Padres’ Dylan Cease on July 25.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
Marte scored on a groundout to second by Brandon Nimmo, but the Mets — who have been no-hit into the eighth inning three times and into the ninth inning twice this season — got just two hits the rest of the way.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen no-hit the Giants for the duration of his six-inning start, consistently getting into two-strike counts and generating whiffs on offspeed pitches out of the zone from there.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Snell no-hit the Braves for six innings and Sale lasted an inning longer than the Giants’ southpaw.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Blake Snell no-hit the Reds on Friday night for the 18th in franchise history and the first since 2015.
—Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
The Marlins went from being no-hit by the Boston Red Sox into the seventh inning... to tying the game with two outs in the eighth ... to nearly recording their MLB-leading ninth walk-off win of the season in the ninth ...
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
Severino, the Yankee-turned-Met, no-hit the Chicago Cubs through seven innings before surrendering a hit to Dansby Swanson in the eighth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Verb
Just three weeks earlier, on May 18, 2021, Turnbull no-hit the Mariners in Seattle — the eighth no-no in franchise history.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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“No-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hit. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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