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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Duke, who finished the first round with consecutive 300s, opens the second round with his third perfect game of the day.
2005 — Tiger Woods wins the Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
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Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
One stands out above the rest: Matt Cain’s perfect game in 2012.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Never Only 14 of the 30 teams have ever had a pitcher toss a perfect game.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
June 13, 2012 Matt Cain needed just 125 pitches to pitch the first perfect game in franchise history.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
One stands out above the rest: Matt Cain’s perfect game in 2012.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Never Only 14 of the 30 teams have ever had a pitcher toss a perfect game.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
June 13, 2012 Matt Cain needed just 125 pitches to pitch the first perfect game in franchise history.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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