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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That would be Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old pitching prodigy from Japan who once came one inning short of hurling back-to-back perfect games, a feat never accomplished by any other pitcher in MLB or in the Japanese pro leagues. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 Throwing a perfect game — Once again finding itself in a national TV spot, Detroit’s offense was systematically grooving against the Seahawks. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 Like a perfect game in Game 7 of the World Series with everything at stake. —

Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025 This is a pitcher whose fastball has been clocked in the triple digits and who, at 20, threw a 19-strikeout perfect game (and backed it up with eight perfect innings and 14 Ks the next time out). —

Tim Britton, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for perfect game