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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Note: Pulsifer, Kimura and Brooks combined for a perfect game for Los Alamitos
NONLEAGUE
Buena Park 6, Loara 0
BP: Gonzalez (W, 6IP,1H, 0R,12K).
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Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
Duke, who finished the first round with consecutive 300s, opens the second round with his third perfect game of the day.
2005 — Tiger Woods wins the Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
One stands out above the rest: Matt Cain’s perfect game in 2012.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Never Only 14 of the 30 teams have ever had a pitcher toss a perfect game.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
Duke, who finished the first round with consecutive 300s, opens the second round with his third perfect game of the day.
2005 — Tiger Woods wins the Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
One stands out above the rest: Matt Cain’s perfect game in 2012.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Never Only 14 of the 30 teams have ever had a pitcher toss a perfect game.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 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 4 May. 2025.
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