: 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, 21 June 2025
Mets right-hander Tylor Megill no-hit Colorado for four innings until Sam Hilliard led off the fifth with a double into the right-field corner.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Across the final five innings, the Bruins’ bullpen no-hit the Roadrunners.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
No Astro had thrown a complete game on fewer than 85 pitches since Darryl Kile no-hit the New York Mets on Sept. 8, 1993.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Burnes took a small tumble on the final out of the seventh and pitched eight hitless innings in a game that saw the Brewers no-hit the Yankees for 10 1/3 innings before losing in the 13th.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Cameron nearly no-hit the Tampa Bay Rays in his first career start at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025
The last Lion to accomplish the feat was Sean McLaughlin, who no-hit Brooks 1-0 in 2013.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
If not for the veteran Farmer, who boasts one of the best averages in baseball at .362, the Rockies would’ve been no-hit in the road trip opener at Petco Park last Friday.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
Staring up at an early 3-0 Giants lead, the Boston bats battled back and after being no-hit for the first 2.1 innings, ultimately out-hit their hosts 11-7.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Mets right-hander Tylor Megill no-hit Colorado for four innings until Sam Hilliard led off the fifth with a double into the right-field corner.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Across the final five innings, the Bruins’ bullpen no-hit the Roadrunners.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
No Astro had thrown a complete game on fewer than 85 pitches since Darryl Kile no-hit the New York Mets on Sept. 8, 1993.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Burnes took a small tumble on the final out of the seventh and pitched eight hitless innings in a game that saw the Brewers no-hit the Yankees for 10 1/3 innings before losing in the 13th.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Cameron nearly no-hit the Tampa Bay Rays in his first career start at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025
The last Lion to accomplish the feat was Sean McLaughlin, who no-hit Brooks 1-0 in 2013.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
If not for the veteran Farmer, who boasts one of the best averages in baseball at .362, the Rockies would’ve been no-hit in the road trip opener at Petco Park last Friday.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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 29 Jun. 2025.
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