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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My first perfect game in a few days brings my overall win streak up to 10.
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Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
To upset Ravens, Broncos have to play near perfect game.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
But in Game 5, the right-hander did what no other pitcher has ever done — retire all 27 batters, seven by strikeout, for baseball’s only World Series perfect game.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Berra and the Yankees would exact some measure of revenge the next year against the Dodgers in the greatest single performance in World Series history when Don Larsen through a perfect game in Game 5.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
To upset Ravens, Broncos have to play near perfect game.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
But in Game 5, the right-hander did what no other pitcher has ever done — retire all 27 batters, seven by strikeout, for baseball’s only World Series perfect game.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Berra and the Yankees would exact some measure of revenge the next year against the Dodgers in the greatest single performance in World Series history when Don Larsen through a perfect game in Game 5.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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