complete game

North Carolina was playing Wisconsin's game until Harrison Barnes came to life. The result was a 60-57 Heels win, and Ben Glicksman says the sophomore showed his complete game.

In his decade-long professional career, Francisco Liriano had never thrown a shutout or even a complete game.

Not at any level, not in any league. So much for those old stats. Now, he's Mr. No-Hitter. The struggling Minnesota lefty pitched the first no-hitter in the majors this season, hanging on Tuesday night for a most unlikely gem and a 1-0 win over Chicago White Sox.

Francisco Liriano pitched the major leagues' first no-hitter of the season, throwing his first career complete game in the Minnesota Twins' 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

In the Bronx, almost nothing seems to faze Cliff Lee. The Mariners ace beat the New York Yankees in their ballpark yet again, pitching his third straight complete game to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-4 victory Tuesday night.

That strike-throwing, Cy Young-winning, master-of-efficiency Roy Halladay and losing-record, never-before-thrown-a-complete-game Dallas Braden are the two most recent pitchers to throw perfect games prove there's no formula to completing pitching's rarest feat.

C.J. Wilson is coming off a complete game, has pitched at least six innings every start and is among the best in the American League with a 1.51 ERA.

Cliff Lee's first career postseason start was a gem. Lee gave up just one run in a complete-game masterpiece as the Phillies beat the Rockies 5-1 in Game 1 of their NL Division Series.