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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San Francisco hitters made harder contact in the fifth, but everything found a glove as anticipation began to build about a potential perfect game.
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 10 May 2025
His bid for the history books and a perfect game came to an end in the sixth inning with two outs when Christian Koss lined a single to center after Paddack had retired the first 17 batters of the game in order.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
On Friday, Chris Paddack took a perfect game into the sixth inning despite entering play with a 5.57 ERA.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
Mike Piazza, acquired in a blockbuster trade in May 1998, homered in his third game at Shea Stadium June 8, 1998, when Rick Reed carried a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Devil Rays before giving up a two-out double to Wade Boggs.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 10 May 2025
His bid for the history books and a perfect game came to an end in the sixth inning with two outs when Christian Koss lined a single to center after Paddack had retired the first 17 batters of the game in order.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
On Friday, Chris Paddack took a perfect game into the sixth inning despite entering play with a 5.57 ERA.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
Mike Piazza, acquired in a blockbuster trade in May 1998, homered in his third game at Shea Stadium June 8, 1998, when Rick Reed carried a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Devil Rays before giving up a two-out double to Wade Boggs.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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