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  • n  a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits

  • Most outstanding was Sam Nahem (rhymes with mayhem), who pitched a three-hitter in his first big-league game, chalked up three more victories in three more starts.
  • As the pitchers continued to fog them past the floundering stars, the Giants stretched it out to seven games on a baffling three-hitter by balding Billy Pierce.
  • If I throw a three-hitter and give up one run, I'll be trying to figure out how and why that run came in.
News & Articles

  • American Legion baseball roundup
    Marshall scored one unearned run in the bottom of the sixth and Dylan Panek threw a three-hitter to get the complete-game win at the Mid-Summer Classic at Southwest Minnesota State.
    June 16, 2013 - St. Cloud Times
  • MLB: Baltimore 2, Boston 0
    BALTIMORE, June 14 (UPI) -- Chris Tillman and three relievers combined on a three-hitter Friday that lifted Baltimore to a 2-0 victory over Boston.
    June 15, 2013 - UPI
  • Irvine goes distance in win over Lincoln
    LINCOLN, Neb. – Lucas Irvine, looking for his first win of 2013, threw a complete-game three-hitter, as the T-Bones beat Lincoln 6-1 Friday night at Haymarket Park.
    June 15, 2013 - Kansas City Kansan
Quotes

  • Terry Francona in Colorado Rockies News
    Their guy is going right through us,said Francona. "We're down to David making an out and we're going home, we're talking about somebody throwing a two- or three-hitter against us. He puts a great swing on it, and we get to keep playing....

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