perfect game

noun

: a baseball game in which a pitcher allows no hits, no runs, and no opposing batter to reach first base

Examples of perfect game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Gray got within seven outs of a perfect game before Patrick Bailey turned on an inside curveball for a foul pole-scraping solo home run. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 June 2024 Mike Witt retired 28 in a row, all but one of them during his perfect game in 1984. —

Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 24 June 2024 Rudi reflected on making his Coliseum debut in 1968 in the same game Catfish Hunter threw a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins. —

Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 23 June 2024 Christian Encarnacion-Strand ended Kremer’s big for a perfect game with a one-out single in the fifth, and Jonathan India followed with a walk to put Kremer in trouble. —

Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for perfect game

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