: of, relating to, or being a baseball game or a part of a game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits
no-hit; no-hitting; no-hits
: to give up no base hits to
no-hit them for five innings
Examples of no-hit in a Sentence
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
In 1970, Torborg was catching when Bill Singer no-hit Philadelphia.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Except after that … there was more wackiness, because the Mets, a team desperately trying to keep their playoff hopes alive, went from being no-hit to putting up a six-run ninth!
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
In the bottom of the sixth, the White Sox saved themselves from being no-hit and shut out, but Lenyn Sosa’s leadoff single and run scored on Zach DeLoach’s double were the extent of the rally in that frame.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 June 2024
And the Nationals, by the way, were just no-hit by the Padres’ Dylan Cease on July 25.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
Marte scored on a groundout to second by Brandon Nimmo, but the Mets — who have been no-hit into the eighth inning three times and into the ninth inning twice this season — got just two hits the rest of the way.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen no-hit the Giants for the duration of his six-inning start, consistently getting into two-strike counts and generating whiffs on offspeed pitches out of the zone from there.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Snell no-hit the Braves for six innings and Sale lasted an inning longer than the Giants’ southpaw.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
The Twins were no-hit into the seventh inning on Monday by Martín Pérez and a rookie reliever, finishing with just two hits, one of which did not leave the infield.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
In 1970, Torborg was catching when Bill Singer no-hit Philadelphia.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Except after that … there was more wackiness, because the Mets, a team desperately trying to keep their playoff hopes alive, went from being no-hit to putting up a six-run ninth!
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
In the bottom of the sixth, the White Sox saved themselves from being no-hit and shut out, but Lenyn Sosa’s leadoff single and run scored on Zach DeLoach’s double were the extent of the rally in that frame.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 June 2024
And the Nationals, by the way, were just no-hit by the Padres’ Dylan Cease on July 25.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
Marte scored on a groundout to second by Brandon Nimmo, but the Mets — who have been no-hit into the eighth inning three times and into the ninth inning twice this season — got just two hits the rest of the way.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen no-hit the Giants for the duration of his six-inning start, consistently getting into two-strike counts and generating whiffs on offspeed pitches out of the zone from there.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Snell no-hit the Braves for six innings and Sale lasted an inning longer than the Giants’ southpaw.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Verb
Just three weeks earlier, on May 18, 2021, Turnbull no-hit the Mariners in Seattle — the eighth no-no in franchise history.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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“No-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hit. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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