baseball vs no-hit

baseball is a noun but no-hit is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baseball	Yes	No	No	No
no-hit	No	Yes	No	No

baseball (noun)	no-hit (noun)
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
a ball used in playing baseball

baseball (adjective)	no-hit (adjective)
	of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits