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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This is a pitcher whose fastball has been clocked in the triple digits and who, at 20, threw a 19-strikeout perfect game (and backed it up with eight perfect innings and 14 Ks the next time out). —

Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025 But senior quarterback Will Howard deserves a mention for playing a nearly perfect game, capping off a four-game playoff run likely to improve his NFL Draft stock. —

Andrew King, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Sasaki’s best two breaking pitches, a late-biting splitter and steadily improving slider, also have enamored scouts during his Japanese career, which included two All-Star selections and a perfect game in 2022. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 Buehrle pitched a no-hitter on April 18, 2007 against Texas and a perfect game on July 23, 2009 against Tampa Bay. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for perfect game