drove a 2-0 sinker to center field<\/a> 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
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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
The most recent A’s no-hitter was thrown by Mike Fiers in May 2019 against Cincinnati.<\/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, fanned all three batters in the seventh to give him 10 strikeouts \u2014 setting a career high. But he became the sixth major league pitcher since at least 1974 to allow no hits or runs in the first eight innings of a game and still take the loss. Rich Hill was the previous one, for the Los Angeles Dodgers against Pittsburgh in August 2017.<\/p>\n
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\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
Kotsay had lefty Hogan Harris warming up in the bullpen during the ninth inning and planned to bring him in to face Mike Trout, who was on deck when the game ended. Kotsay hoped Ginn, whose sinker had been effective all night, could induce a groundball from Neto.<\/p>\n
\u201cHindsight\u2019s always 20-20,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cIt easily could have went the other direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pinch-hitter Lawrence Butler put the A’s ahead 1-0 with an RBI single in the top of the ninth. The A’s then loaded the bases before Angels reliever Chase Silseth got slugger Nick Kurtz to ground into an inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n
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\u201cKurtz doesn\u2019t hit the ball on the ground a ton and they get out of that inning and momentum shifted a little bit,\u201d Kotsay said. “It would have been nice to add on in that inning and give (Ginn) a little more cushion.\u201d<\/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. In that game, they lost 7-0 at Minnesota, shut down by Twins pitcher Eric Milton.<\/p>\n
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The last visiting pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Angels in Anaheim was Rangers right-hander and Hall of Famer Burt Blyleven on Sept. 22, 1977, in a 6-0 Texas triumph.<\/p>\n
The last A\u2019s starting pitcher to lose a no-hitter in the ninth inning was Vida Blue against Detroit in 1976.<\/p>\n
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