Former MLB commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti wrote about baseball that “it is designed to break your heart.” The latest instance of that adage holding up took place on Monday, May 18 at Angel Stadium.
Athletics pitcher T.J. Ginn was flirting with throwing Major League Baseball’s first no-hitter since 2024, only to allow a base hit to the first hitter he faced in the bottom of the ninth inning and then a walk-off home run to the next.
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The Los Angeles Angels prevailed, 2-1, spoiling Ginn’s no-no bid in an improbably thrilling way.
Ginn, who struck out 10 Angels batters through eight innings, saw Adam Frazier end the no-hit hopes with a line drive single to center field. The next batter, Zach Neto, took Ginn deep to quickly turn the tide on the Athletics.
The win ended a six-game losing streak for the Angels, who were coming off getting swept in back-to-back series by the Cleveland Guardians and Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Chicago Cubs‘ Shota Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combined no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sept. 4, 2024 still stands as MLB’s most recent no-no.
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