How to Use no-hit in a Sentence

no-hit

verb
  • At the plate, the Royals were nearly no-hit.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • But all of those feelings faded when Suarez was no-hitting the Phillies through four innings.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Two days later in the series against the Guardians, the Mets were no-hit until the ninth inning.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Mets were being no-hit until Juan Soto's home run in the ninth inning.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The win was a rare one for Gwinnett, which became just the fourth team in franchise history to be no-hit, and the first to win in that situation.
    — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Royals welcomed both players back after nearly getting no-hit against the Guardians on Monday night.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hit the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • On Friday night, the Yankees no-hit them until two outs in the seventh, when Nate Eaton homered for the first time this season.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only one other team in history has put up that many runs in the first inning one game after being no-hit.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • On Sunday, the Sox won a series against the Dodgers after nearly being no-hit by Yoshinobu Yamamoto the day before.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Passing Ripken occurred in a game when the Yankees were no-hit into the eighth inning by Bryan Woo, trailed by five runs and eventually rallied to win.
    — Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But the Colorado offense lacked any significant punch — the club was no-hit through five innings by Miles Mikolas — before the bullpen blew the game at the end in a 3-2 loss.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Cleveland Guardians' Gavin Williams nearly no-hit the Mets until Soto's ninth-inning home run on Wednesday.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • After getting no-hit for eight innings on Monday night, the Rockies were no-hit for five innings by right-hander Emmet Sheehan to begin Tuesday night’s game.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Gwinnett Stripers beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 2-0 on Tuesday night, scoring both runs in the sixth inning despite being no-hit.
    — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • One day after being no-hit for eight innings by Cleveland's Parker Messick, the Orioles collected their first hit off Tanner Bibee in the first inning.
    — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Breitenstein no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 and Hughes no-hit the Boston Braves 8-0.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • After the Mets were nearly no-hit on Wednesday in a loss to the Cleveland Guardians (their fifth straight loss), Mendoza pointed to a lack of in-game adjustments and overall conviction in approaches.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The Rockies entered Tuesday night’s game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles with a 40-104 record after nearly getting no-hit on Monday night.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Difficult opponents await the Yankees, who went cold during a road trip to Miami and Texas, and the Mets, who capped a similarly disappointing homestand by nearly getting no-hit on Wednesday.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • After nearly being no-hit during Thursday’s 13-2 loss to the Rays in a series finale in Tampa Bay, the Royals were blitzed by the White Sox at Rate Field.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Kumar Rocker came into Friday’s game on a heater, the Vanderbilt project had given up no runs and pitched at least five innings in three of his last four starts, the lone exception coming in a 9-0 loss to the Houston Astros, where the Rangers batters were no-hit.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2026

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