ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Athletics starter J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter and a one-run lead into the ninth inning Monday night.<\/p>\n
Six pitches later, he walked off the mound with a heartbreaking loss.<\/p>\n
Adam Frazier lined a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth and Zach Neto followed with a two-run homer that gave the Los Angeles Angels a 2-1 victory, snapping a six-game skid while stunning Ginn and the A’s.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, a tough game,” Ginn said. “Just keep your head up and keep moving forward. It\u2019s just the nature of the game that we play. I attack the zone and I live with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frazier lined an 0-2 pitch over shortstop for a clean single, giving Los Angeles just its third baserunner. Neto then drove a 2-0 sinker to center field for his eighth home run of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a crazy game to play,” Ginn said. “I fell behind 2-0, threw a good sinker, and he was waiting on it and put a good swing on it. So, tip your cap to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ginn (2-2) was trying for the first no-hitter in the majors since Shota Imanaga combined with two Chicago Cubs relievers for a 12-0 win over Pittsburgh on Sept. 4, 2024. The previous pitcher to throw a complete-game no-hitter was Blake Snell for the San Francisco Giants against Cincinnati on Aug. 2, 2024.<\/p>\n
Ginn threw a career-high 105 pitches, 64 for strikes. He struck out 10, walked one and hit Neto with a pitch in the sixth.<\/p>\n
The right-hander from Mississippi, who turns 27 on Wednesday, struck out the side in the seventh and finished the inning with his 10th strikeout \u2014 setting a career high.<\/p>\n
\u201cJ.T. dominated all night. For him to walk off the mound with a loss there, it hurts, obviously,\u201d Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said. “He pitched probably the best game he\u2019s pitched in his big league career, and to have an opportunity to get a no-hitter, and two hits later you walk off with a loss, it\u2019s tough. I had full confidence in him going out there in that inning at 100 pitches and trying to get it done. It just didn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pinch-hitter Lawrence Butler put the A’s ahead 1-0 with an RBI single in the top of the ninth. Angels reliever Chase Silseth got slugger Nick Kurtz to ground into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n
It was the 30th career start for Ginn, who made his major league debut in August 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did such a phenomenal job all night keeping guys off balance. His stuff was nasty. Just kind of rolling, you know, and then it\u2019s gut-wrenching stuff in the ninth for it to end that way. It definitely sucks right now,” Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers said. “Baseball will humble you in all sorts of ways. … It\u2019s going to be hard to flush this one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Angels haven’t been no-hit since Sept. 11, 1999 \u2014 the longest active streak in the majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Athletics starter J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter and a one-run lead into the ninth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[88951,163,165,164,432,108184,134285,116497,47,96519,32869,2390,5341,5337,5338,5339,5340,134286,27512,29553,14504],"class_list":["post-322368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-adam-frazier","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-blake-snell","tag-chase-silseth","tag-jt-ginn-nohitter-athletics-angels","tag-lawrence-butler","tag-los-angeles","tag-mark-kotsay","tag-nick-kurtz","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-31999-ap-online-baseball-news","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40776-ap-california-sports-only","tag-product-40794-ap-mississippi-sports-only","tag-shea-langeliers","tag-shota-imanaga","tag-zach-neto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}