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On July 1, 1990, Andy Hawkins pitched a no-hitter and lost 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox. In 2001, commissioner Fay Vincent changed the definition of a no-hitter, to where a pitcher has to throw a complete, nine inning game. Andy lost credit for the no-hitter, being that the White Sox never came to bat in the 9th inning.
Under the current rules, it's impossible. A pitcher doesn't get credit for a perfect game unless he pitches the entire game and allows no baserunners. There have been a few cases where a pitcher went 9 perfect innings then lost the game in extra innings. It used to be the case where if a pitcher pitched nine perfect innings, he would get credit for a perfect game even if he allowed baserunners in extra innings. However, these games are no longer officially credited as perfect games. On May 26, 1959, Pittsburgh Pirate Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings but gave up an error in the 13th. The Pirates lost to the Milwaukee Braves 3-0. On June 3, 1995, Montreal Expo Pedro Martinez pitched 9 perfect innings but gave up a hit in the 10th. The Expos beat the San Diego Padres 1-0. It is possible to throw a no-hitter but still lose the game. New York Yankee Andy Hawkins and Boston Red Sox Matt Young both lost games in the early 90's without giving up a hit. The runs came as a result of errors by other team members.
The New York Yankees have never been the victims of a perfect game thrown by an opposing pitcher.
In MLB, no, although there was one game in MLB history where both pitchers had a no-hitter through 9 innings. That was on May 2, 1917 in a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs when Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs and Fred Toney of the Reds had no-hitters going after 9 innings. Vaughn gave up two hits and a run in the 10th inning to lose his no-hitter but Toney retired the side without giving up a hit to preserve his no-hitter. The fewest hits given up in an MLB game is 1. That was on September 9, 1965 in the game between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers pitched a perfect game and Bob Hendley of the Cubs gave up 1 hit.
No NBA team has never lost a game.