perfecto

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With the score 0-0, an error put the Braves’ leadoff man on base, ending the perfecto, and Hank Aaron was intentionally walked with one out.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Fischer, with a will to win perhaps unmatched in the history of the game, fashioned some of the most improbable win streaks ever, including the only 11-0 perfecto in the 1963-64 U.S. national championship.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Hernandez is the only active pitcher to throw a perfecto, with the others who did it in 2012, Philip Humber and Matt Cain, now retired.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2018

He follows the course of a single game, Felix Hernandez’s perfecto against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2012.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017

I told R. that if I never saw his face or his silly brother’s again, it was perfecto with me!

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez