no-hitter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌnəʊˈhɪt.ər/ us /ˌnoʊˈhɪt.ɚ/
a baseball game in which none of one team's players hits the ball and reaches first base(= the first of four places you must run to after hitting the ball) safely:
I always thought he was good enough to throw a no-hitter.
He is one of a handful of pitchers who have thrown a no-hitter in both leagues.
Compare
perfect game
He has never pitched a no-hitter in over five hundred career games.
In 2013 he pitched the only no-hitter of his career.
The left-hander struck out twelve hitters in the course of his combined no-hitter.
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