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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Bell received close to a perfect game from pitcher Jayden Rojas in a 1-0 win over Roosevelt.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Jason Bilo fired a perfect game, registering nine strikeouts on just 72 pitches as Chelmsford blanked Lawrence in Merrimack Valley Conference baseball play, 5-0.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
The team’s most recent one was Len Barker’s perfect game on May 15, 1981, against the Toronto Blue Jays.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Lily Heckathorn dominated in the circle in three innings of work, allowing not hits or walks and striking out nine batters in a perfect game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Jason Bilo fired a perfect game, registering nine strikeouts on just 72 pitches as Chelmsford blanked Lawrence in Merrimack Valley Conference baseball play, 5-0.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
The team’s most recent one was Len Barker’s perfect game on May 15, 1981, against the Toronto Blue Jays.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Lily Heckathorn dominated in the circle in three innings of work, allowing not hits or walks and striking out nine batters in a perfect game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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