: 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
Examples of no-hit in a Sentence
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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
Lindor, the Mets leader, didn’t say that after the Mets had lost five of six since the trade deadline and nearly got no-hit by the Guardians on Wednesday afternoon.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 9 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
Lindor, the Mets leader, didn’t say that after the Mets had lost five of six since the trade deadline and nearly got no-hit by the Guardians on Wednesday afternoon.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 9 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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“No-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hit. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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