How to Use scoreless in a Sentence

scoreless

adjective
  • The Bearcats were scoreless over the final 3:37 and still won.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Crick struck out one in a scoreless fifth to pick up the win.
    Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Worked a 1-2-3 eighth in a scoreless game, with a strikeout.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • Hansel Robles took the ball in the ninth, working a scoreless frame.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Brent Suter and Trevor Kelley each pitched a scoreless frame to close out the day.
    Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2022
  • The Spartans broke open a scoreless game with 3 runs in the fourth inning.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Trevor Stephan earned the win with a scoreless eighth and James Karinchak pitched the ninth for the save.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Wahl, scoreless to that point, then scored on a post-up move and was fouled with 4:38 left.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Tayquan broke the scoreless draw with his long touchdown run.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 10 June 2022
  • That forced the Bengals to punt as that would be the second of seven straight scoreless drives in the game.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The Hawks had three power plays against by far the worst penalty kill in the league (65.9%) but went scoreless.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Ryan Pressly struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his 17th save.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 30 June 2022
  • The Chippewas had the ball on their 39 as a scoreless quarter ended.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2022
  • And then there is a scoreless Game 2, and only one basket in Game 3.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Matt Strahm was on the hill, looking to work a scoreless frame in a contest that the Sox battled back to tie, 4-4.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In a full count and a scoreless game, Lodolo was looking for the right pitch that could get him out of his biggest jam of the day.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 July 2022
  • Yale scores with 9:49 to go, snapping a scoreless slump of 9+ minutes.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The Bengals’ first five drives of the second half were scoreless drives, with two of them ending with turnovers.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • In a scoreless game, the Mets’ Dominic Smith led off the bottom of the eighth with a pop up into shallow left field.
    Matt Young, Chron, 30 June 2022
  • In the match, Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time to break a scoreless stalemate.
    Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Righty Jason Foley pitched a scoreless top of the ninth on 11 pitches.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2022
  • On the ensuing possession, Lana Hollingsworth’s 3-point try went in and out — and the Broncos went scoreless the rest of the way.
    Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Paul Sewald pitched a scoreless ninth and earned his seventh save.
    Shane Lantz, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2022
  • In a scoreless draw against Natick, the senior goaltender recorded her fifth shutout of the season for the No. 12 Raiders.
    Olivia Nolan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Cal Quantrill battled through six scoreless frames for his sixth win as the Guardians stopped the Tigers for the third consecutive game.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 16 July 2022
  • Wendell Green cashed in two free throws with 16:40 left to end a scoreless drought of nearly three minutes.
    al, 14 Dec. 2022
  • After two scoreless overtimes, the teams went to penalty kicks.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2022
  • After the disastrous third inning, Minor was the first one out of the dugout for the bottom of the fourth inning and pitched a scoreless frame.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 July 2022
  • Riley worked around a two-out walk to throw a scoreless bottom of the inning, which sent the fast-moving game to extras.
    oregonlive, 7 June 2022
  • Ryan Pressly walked one in a scoreless ninth, striking out three for his second save of the series.
    Kristie Rieken, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022

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