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As defined by MLB tradition, a “perfect game” is a team accolade, not just necessarily a pitcher accolade.  

According to Wikipedia (not the final word): To achieve a perfect game, a team must not allow any opposing player to reach base by any means: no hits, walks, hit batsmen, uncaught third strikes, catcher's or fielder's interference, or fielding errors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)

I think it is somewhat a misstatement to say in a contracted form that a pitcher “pitched a no-hit, perfect game”.  A more correct phrasing would be that the “team played a perfect game behind the no-hit pitching of the pitcher”.

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