Athletics starting pitcher J.T. Ginn almost made history for the Athletics. Instead, the A’s lost in the worst way possible.
The Los Angeles Angeles pulled off a stunning 2-1 walk-off win, despite Ginn throwing eight no-hit innings in Anaheim. The pitcher had 10 strikeouts and allowed just one walk heading into the final inning.
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Unfortunately for Ginn, the Athletics did not do anything to back up the performance on offense. The A’s got six hits, but left nine batters on base to stay scoreless through the eighth inning.
Finally, in the ninth, Lawrence Butler gave the A’s that much-needed run, sending Zack Gelof home with an RBI single.
Ginn then went back on the mound in the bottom of the ninth with the chance to make history. But on the third pitch, Angels second baseman Adam Frazier hit a single to break up the no-no.
One at-bat later, Zach Neto hit a two-run homer to win the game and cement a deeply disastrous loss for the A’s.
The victory for the Angels comes off getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rivalry series that demonstrated the deeper issues within the organization. Prior to the win, chants of “sell the team” were heard echoing through the stadium, as Angels fans became the latest fanbase to go “tarps off” in the stands amid a boring game. And yet, L.A. got the win in the end.
Ginn’s showing was so close to breaking a nearly two-year drought in MLB without a no-no, after zero no-hitters were thrown in the 2025 season. The last no-hitter in MLB was September 2024, with a combined no-hitter from the Chicago Cubs led by Shota Imanaga.
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Instead, the league will have to keep waiting for the first no-hitter of 2026. Cleveland Guardians rookie Parker Messick came close last month, but also had his no-hit bid broken up in the ninth.
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