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 third win in a row was achieved without a perfect game, unfortunately.
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Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The right-hander took a perfect game into the seventh inning and struck out 11 batters.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
This takes some of the wind out of his fellows’ attempts to hold him up as their own Charlie Robertson, at that time the most recent baseballer to pitch a perfect game, 21 years earlier.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
Perry Hall 22, Western 0: Winning pitcher Jenna Neff worked five innings and struck out nine in a perfect game for the host Gators.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
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Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The right-hander took a perfect game into the seventh inning and struck out 11 batters.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
This takes some of the wind out of his fellows’ attempts to hold him up as their own Charlie Robertson, at that time the most recent baseballer to pitch a perfect game, 21 years earlier.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
Perry Hall 22, Western 0: Winning pitcher Jenna Neff worked five innings and struck out nine in a perfect game for the host Gators.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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