In Just 4 Pitches, J.T. Ginn Loses A No-Hitter And The Game
For eight innings Monday night, Athletics pitcher J.T. Ginn threw 99 pitches, sixty for strikes, and recorded 24 outs. After retiring 13 straight, he walked Yoán Moncada with one out in the fifth inning. He then struck out Jo Adell and got Josh Lowe to ground back to the box to end the frame. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Ginn hit Zach Neto with a 93-mph sinker before getting Mike Trout to ground out four pitches later. He struck out the side in the seventh inning on twelve pitches. And then it took Ginn just nine more to get through the Angels in the eighth. Unfortunately, four Angels pitchers had been nearly as impressive, holding the Athletics to zero runs through the same eight innings, leaving the score 0-0. No-hitters don‘t officially count as such unless the pitcher finishes the game, and this one looked to be headed to extra innings. But in the top of the ninth, Athletics’ third baseman Zack Gelof lined a 1-1 slider into center field for a single, and then promptly stole second base. Pinch-hitter Lawrence Butler then laced a 2-2 slider into center to score the games first run, making things very interesting. The next two