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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Though Miami will be home for the national championship game, Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and Miami native, will enjoy a homecoming following an almost perfect game against Oregon.
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Charles Odum, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
With Secret Love, Dry Cleaning find a perfect game-recognize-game accomplice in Welsh indie auteur Cate Le Bon, who’s become not just an in-demand producer, but practically a subgenre unto herself, attracting like-minded practitioners of off-kilter, observational art-pop into her orbit.
—Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
Though Miami will be home for the national championship game, Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and Miami native, will enjoy a homecoming following an almost perfect game against Oregon.
—Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
His perfect game bid ended in the eighth inning after a pitch hit a batter’s foot in a 2-2 count.
—Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
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Charles Odum, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
With Secret Love, Dry Cleaning find a perfect game-recognize-game accomplice in Welsh indie auteur Cate Le Bon, who’s become not just an in-demand producer, but practically a subgenre unto herself, attracting like-minded practitioners of off-kilter, observational art-pop into her orbit.
—Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
Though Miami will be home for the national championship game, Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and Miami native, will enjoy a homecoming following an almost perfect game against Oregon.
—Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
His perfect game bid ended in the eighth inning after a pitch hit a batter’s foot in a 2-2 count.
—Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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