(かん)(ぜん)(じあい)

かんぜんじあい
noun
perfect game (baseball)
1. perfect game
In baseball, a complete game in which the pitcher allows no batter to reach base at all — no hits, no walks, no errors — retiring every opposing hitter in order.
(かん)(ぜん)試合(じあい)達成(たっせい)する。
To pitch a perfect game.
(かん)(ぜん)試合(じあい)めった}に{出()ない記録(きろく)だ。
A perfect game is a record that rarely happens.
九回(きゅうかい)二死(にし)まで(かん)(ぜん)試合(じあい)だったが、最後(さいご)一本(いっぽん)()たれた。
It was a perfect game until two outs in the ninth, but he gave up a hit at the very end.

A baseball term for the rarest kind of dominant pitching: not a single opposing batter reaches base. Stricter than a no-hitter, which still allows walks and errors.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • (かん)(ぜん)試合(じあい)達成(たっせい)する: to achieve a perfect game
  • (かん)(ぜん)試合(じあい)達成(たっせい)投手(とうしゅ): the pitcher who threw the perfect game

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • ノーヒットノーラン: no-hitter — no hits allowed, but walks or errors may let runners on base
  • 完封(かんぷう): shutout — allowing no runs, though base runners are permitted