How to Use no-hitter in a Sentence

no-hitter

noun
  • In the first game of the day, Aupont tossed a no-hitter as the Crusaders bested Malden Catholic.
    Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Sixteen of those starts were for New York in 2021, one of which was a no-hitter against the Rangers.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Blake Snell throws no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. – New here?
    Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Wieland was a fourth-round draft pick by Texas in 2008 who threw a no-hitter in Double-A.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The junior threw two no-hitters and finished with a 2.19 ERA.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
  • Roby, who had a no-hitter through the first six innings, was charged with a pair of runs.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • Last pitcher to lose two no-hitters like that in the same season: some guy named Nolan Ryan, in 1989.
    Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Joe Musgrove threw the franchise’s first no-hitter in 2021.
    Jacob Lev, CNN, 25 July 2024
  • Talk with the Clippers about their strong start and the tone can take on a baseball dugout protecting against the jinx of a no-hitter.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Senior Kristin White tossed a no-hitter with just one walk and 14 strikeouts.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
  • Sidney Parks, Plainfield Parks made her first start of the season against Northview – and threw a no-hitter.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The defensive play of the game to that put Hendricks in position to complete a no-hitter came in the third.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • The left-hander has thrown three no-hitters this season and will take on Chino Hills.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • Senior pitcher Richard Gomez didn’t throw a no-hitter or even earn the win for St. Laurence.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Blake Snell threw a no-hitter and has been one of MLB’s most dominant pitchers in the second half.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The Michigan commit pitched a no-hitter with an event-record 15 strikeouts, then walked it off with a three-run homer in the seventh.
    Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2023
  • After Brenton Doyle broke up his no-hitter with two outs in the sixth, Kershaw pulled himself from the game at the end of the inning.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • The left-handed pitcher who will be a junior this fall threw the first no-hitter in the state tournament since 1992 and scored the only run of the game.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Ware is also the first UIndy player to throw a no-hitter since Jordan Tackett in 2015.
    Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Sydnee Wendel broke up the no-hitter with a line drive single to center field.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • The 24-year-old right-hander was perfect through six and still had a no-hitter going into the eighth inning.
    Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Chase Anderson took a no-hitter into the eighth, when Ben Zobrist led off the frame with a double.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • Eight days later, in his first home start for the Phillies, Lorenzen threw the 14th no-hitter in franchise history.
    Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Rikuu Nishida, who made his first start in right field, broke up Kelly Austin’s no-hitter with a leadoff double in the fourth.
    oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The left-handed senior bound for Notre Dame recorded her first perfect game and fourth no-hitter.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Hamels, Hernández and Lester pitched no-hitters — and Hernández’s was perfect.
    Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Snell tossed his first career no-hitter a week and a half ago, but was never quite in range of going the distance on Monday.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • There were three that season — but none since until Germán finished off the first no-hitter in the majors this year.
    Michael Wagaman, ajc, 29 June 2023
  • That same month, Moore nearly threw a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers before it was broken up with two outs in the ninth inning.
    Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Cease threw a no-hitter en route to finishing the year with his fourth straight 200-plus strikeout season and a top-four finish in NL Cy Young voting.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025

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