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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Selvage finished her perfect game with 17 strikeouts.
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Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Leesburg’s Rachel Chiles also pitched a five-inning perfect game, striking out 10, in a 17-0 rout of Pine Ridge.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
There have been growing pains as the program tries to climb in the NCHC, but this is no longer a group that needs to play a perfect game to just compete with the best teams in the nation.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Softball shutouts Montverde Academy ace pitcher Nevaeh Williams tossed a five-inning perfect game with 10 strikeouts in a 10-0 win against Cornerstone Charter.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
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Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Leesburg’s Rachel Chiles also pitched a five-inning perfect game, striking out 10, in a 17-0 rout of Pine Ridge.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
There have been growing pains as the program tries to climb in the NCHC, but this is no longer a group that needs to play a perfect game to just compete with the best teams in the nation.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Softball shutouts Montverde Academy ace pitcher Nevaeh Williams tossed a five-inning perfect game with 10 strikeouts in a 10-0 win against Cornerstone Charter.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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