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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To keep their win streak alive, Payton must scheme a nearly perfect game considering how the Eagles, the reigning Super Bowl champions, have played to start the campaign.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
There’s not going to be a perfect game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox bats were stymied in Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, whose pitching staff combined to carry a perfect game into the seventh inning.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
None of us go out there and play a perfect game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
There’s not going to be a perfect game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox bats were stymied in Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, whose pitching staff combined to carry a perfect game into the seventh inning.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
None of us go out there and play a perfect game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for perfect game
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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