How to Use perfect game in a Sentence

perfect game

noun
  • Two of them are Hall of Famers, and the third pitched a perfect game in the World Series.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2022
  • First was a single in the fourth inning to break up the perfect game.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2022
  • But the Bears will have to play a near-perfect game to prevail.
    Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • This is the perfect game to guess who plans on doing what in the new year.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The Reds didn't play a perfect game against the Cardinals.
    The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That perfect game ended in the eighth -- just as this one did.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2022
  • If there were such a thing as a perfect game for a punter, Hekker had it.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Schoop drilled Cole's first-pitch cutter to break up the perfect game.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2022
  • In his next start, of course, Larsen authored a perfect game.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The Bears will have to play a near-perfect game Sunday to pull off an upset.
    Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Mya, who has a 16-2 record this season, pitched a perfect game in the first round against Wilmer-Hutchins.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
  • The task is a tall one, and Klatt says Indiana will need to play a perfect game.
    Stefan Krajisnik, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The Bengals have yet to play their perfect game on offense yet.
    Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The junior opened the season with a perfect game on the mound as the Lions blanked East Clinton 8-0.
    Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2021
  • The right-hander took a perfect game into the seventh inning as the Phillies went on to win 3-0.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The Yankees’ four perfect games are the most by any franchise, breaking their tie with the White Sox.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The senior threw a perfect game against Ben Davis striking out eight.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2023
  • The Rams needed to play a perfect game on Saturday night, and didn’t come close to it.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Rolfe struck out 14 Station Camp batters in the perfect game win.
    al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • And that one, too, was foiled by the Orioles, who have never been involved in a perfect game.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Soon, a young pitcher will throw the first perfect game in the history of the franchise’s new home.
    Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • If there’s a level better than a perfect game, Houck was on it.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Only an error in the second stopped any talk of a perfect game.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 21 May 2021
  • Hjerpe’s perfect game bid is over, as Kai Roberts hits a single to center.
    oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
  • No pitcher has thrown a no-hitter in the World Series since Don Larsen’s perfect game in 1956.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Elle Riendeau pitched a perfect game and struck out 8 in the War Eagles' opening day shutout.
    Chip Souza, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2022
  • There has never been a perfect game, but to come out of a game and not give up a sack and create lanes for our running backs.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The Yankees won 2-0, with a lone walk costing Kluber a perfect game.
    Jill Martin, CNN, 20 May 2021
  • Gilbert took a perfect game into the sixth inning to cap the best season of his career and Cal Raleigh hit a record-setting two-run homer for the Mariners.
    Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • But he’s joined a club that is more exclusive than that of pitchers who have thrown a perfect game (24 members).
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

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