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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His perfect game bid ended in the eighth inning after a pitch hit a batter’s foot in a 2-2 count.
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Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
Torborg was behind the plate for three no-hitters, the first with pitcher Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers for a perfect game against the Cubs in 1965.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Her mom, Maureen, the oldest of Tom’s three sisters, had 29 no-hitters and 14 perfect games as a softball pitcher in high school.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Making its first third-round appearance in the UIL Texas high school football playoffs since 1973, Fort Worth Arlington Heights needed to play a perfect game to take down the Aledo Bearcats, a 12 time state champion.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
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Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
Torborg was behind the plate for three no-hitters, the first with pitcher Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers for a perfect game against the Cubs in 1965.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Her mom, Maureen, the oldest of Tom’s three sisters, had 29 no-hitters and 14 perfect games as a softball pitcher in high school.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Making its first third-round appearance in the UIL Texas high school football playoffs since 1973, Fort Worth Arlington Heights needed to play a perfect game to take down the Aledo Bearcats, a 12 time state champion.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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