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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Stone got Profar to fly out to center field and Kim to fly out to right, keeping his perfect game intact.
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Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
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
Rothrock ended career with 1,080 strikeouts and state record of 13 perfect games (among 22 no-hitters).
—David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
Brianne Weiss of Orange Lutheran threw a perfect game against Cajon with 16 strikeouts.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Despite Don Larsen’s perfect game for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series – against Brooklyn, no less – perfection wasn’t something anyone expected to see.
—Barry Jacobs – Columnist, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
During his original appearance on the game show last year, Raut accumulated $98,000 in winnings during his three victories and was part of a perfect game in January 2023 in which at least one of the contestants answered every question correctly.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
The Jackson/Allen perfect games drove up that number.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
Weiss pitched a perfect game in an 8-0 victory against Cajon at Orange Lutheran High.
—Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
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
Rothrock ended career with 1,080 strikeouts and state record of 13 perfect games (among 22 no-hitters).
—David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
Brianne Weiss of Orange Lutheran threw a perfect game against Cajon with 16 strikeouts.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Despite Don Larsen’s perfect game for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series – against Brooklyn, no less – perfection wasn’t something anyone expected to see.
—Barry Jacobs – Columnist, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
During his original appearance on the game show last year, Raut accumulated $98,000 in winnings during his three victories and was part of a perfect game in January 2023 in which at least one of the contestants answered every question correctly.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
The Jackson/Allen perfect games drove up that number.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
Weiss pitched a perfect game in an 8-0 victory against Cajon at Orange Lutheran High.
—Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
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