perfect game
noun
: a baseball game in which a pitcher allows no hits, no runs, and no opposing batter to reach first base
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web There's very few guys who've ever had a perfect game. 
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2022 Set-up reliever Evan Phillips will never pitch a perfect game in his current role. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The last name of Don Larsen, the New York Yankees pitcher who threw a perfect game during the 1956 World Series, was misspelled as Larson in a Review article on Saturday about Jackie Robinson. WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Since taking a perfect game into the eighth against the Los Angeles Angels on June 2, Taillon is 3-1 with 5.36 ERA in his past seven starts and has allowed nine homers. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 The tenor shifted dramatically when Woodruff allowed two singles and a double to open the seventh after taking a perfect game one out into the fifth. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022 Wells carried a perfect game into the fifth inning and Kremer compiled seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022 One highlight of the season for the Pacific Conference was McMinnville’s Ky Hoskinson throwing a perfect game on April 11 against Newberg. oregonlive, 13 June 2022 See More
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2022 Set-up reliever Evan Phillips will never pitch a perfect game in his current role. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The last name of Don Larsen, the New York Yankees pitcher who threw a perfect game during the 1956 World Series, was misspelled as Larson in a Review article on Saturday about Jackie Robinson. WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Since taking a perfect game into the eighth against the Los Angeles Angels on June 2, Taillon is 3-1 with 5.36 ERA in his past seven starts and has allowed nine homers. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 The tenor shifted dramatically when Woodruff allowed two singles and a double to open the seventh after taking a perfect game one out into the fifth. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022 Wells carried a perfect game into the fifth inning and Kremer compiled seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022 One highlight of the season for the Pacific Conference was McMinnville’s Ky Hoskinson throwing a perfect game on April 11 against Newberg. oregonlive, 13 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above