perfect game noun[ C ] sports specializeduk /ˌpɜː.fekt ˈɡeɪm/ us /ˌpɝː.fekt ˈɡeɪm/ a baseball game in which none of one team's players reaches first base (= the first of four places you must run to after hitting the ball) safely for any reason: She has thrown two perfect games in her college career. Larsen has the distinction of being the only pitcher to have thrown a perfect game in the World Series. Compare
no-hitter He would have had a perfect game if he had not walked a batter in the final inning. Johnson was the oldest pitcher ever to throw a perfect game. A single with two men out in the ninth inning robbed him of a perfect game. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |