: of, relating to, or being a baseball game or a part of a game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits
no-hit; no-hitting; no-hits
: to give up no base hits to
no-hit them for five innings
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
After getting no-hit for eight innings on Monday night, the Rockies were no-hit for five innings by right-hander Emmet Sheehan to begin Tuesday night’s game.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
The Royals welcomed both players back after nearly getting no-hit against the Guardians on Monday night.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
The last time the Orioles were no-hit was by Japanese right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners on Aug. 12, 2015.
—Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Nine losses were by three runs or less, including walk off losses in San Diego and Milwaukee and being two outs away from being no-hit in by Cleveland on Aug. 6.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
On Friday night, the Yankees no-hit them until two outs in the seventh, when Nate Eaton homered for the first time this season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
After getting no-hit for eight innings on Monday night, the Rockies were no-hit for five innings by right-hander Emmet Sheehan to begin Tuesday night’s game.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
The Royals welcomed both players back after nearly getting no-hit against the Guardians on Monday night.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Passing Ripken occurred in a game when the Yankees were no-hit into the eighth inning by Bryan Woo, trailed by five runs and eventually rallied to win.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The Cleveland Guardians' Gavin Williams nearly no-hit the Mets until Soto's ninth-inning home run on Wednesday.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Difficult opponents await the Yankees, who went cold during a road trip to Miami and Texas, and the Mets, who capped a similarly disappointing homestand by nearly getting no-hit on Wednesday.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Just three weeks earlier, on May 18, 2021, Turnbull no-hit the Mariners in Seattle — the eighth no-no in franchise history.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
On Friday night, the Yankees no-hit them until two outs in the seventh, when Nate Eaton homered for the first time this season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
After getting no-hit for eight innings on Monday night, the Rockies were no-hit for five innings by right-hander Emmet Sheehan to begin Tuesday night’s game.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
The Royals welcomed both players back after nearly getting no-hit against the Guardians on Monday night.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
The last time the Orioles were no-hit was by Japanese right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners on Aug. 12, 2015.
—Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Nine losses were by three runs or less, including walk off losses in San Diego and Milwaukee and being two outs away from being no-hit in by Cleveland on Aug. 6.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Two days later in the series against the Guardians, the Mets were no-hit until the ninth inning.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
On Friday night, the Yankees no-hit them until two outs in the seventh, when Nate Eaton homered for the first time this season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
After getting no-hit for eight innings on Monday night, the Rockies were no-hit for five innings by right-hander Emmet Sheehan to begin Tuesday night’s game.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
The Royals welcomed both players back after nearly getting no-hit against the Guardians on Monday night.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Passing Ripken occurred in a game when the Yankees were no-hit into the eighth inning by Bryan Woo, trailed by five runs and eventually rallied to win.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The Cleveland Guardians' Gavin Williams nearly no-hit the Mets until Soto's ninth-inning home run on Wednesday.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Difficult opponents await the Yankees, who went cold during a road trip to Miami and Texas, and the Mets, who capped a similarly disappointing homestand by nearly getting no-hit on Wednesday.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Just three weeks earlier, on May 18, 2021, Turnbull no-hit the Mariners in Seattle — the eighth no-no in franchise history.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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