no-hitter

English

Noun

no-hitter (plural no-hitters)

1. (baseball) A game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.

   Not many pitchers can say they threw two no-hitters in their career.

   • 2021 October 8, Benjamin Hoffman, “Brewers’ Combined No-Hitter Breaks Record for the Most in a Season”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     A record three of the no-hitters have come against Cleveland, with Zach Plesac having started all three games for the Indians.

   • 2024 August 3, C. Trent Rosecrans and Andrew Baggarly, “Giants’ Blake Snell throws first no-hitter of career in win over Reds”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     It was the 18th no-hitter in franchise history, the 10th since the team moved to San Francisco and first since Chris Heston no-hit the New York Mets in 2015.

See also

• no-no
• perfect game

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