A's Ginn loses no-hitter in 9th, then allows walk-off HR to Angels' Neto - ESPN

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Athletics starter J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter and a one-run lead into the ninth inning Monday night.

Six pitches later, he walked off the mound with a heartbreaking loss.

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.

«Obviously, a tough game,» Ginn said. «Just keep your head up and keep moving forward. It's just the nature of the game that we play. I attack the zone and I live with that.»

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 413 feet to center field for his eighth home run of the season.

«Just 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.»

It was Neto's first career walk-off home run and second career walk-off hit, the last coming in July against the Seattle Mariners.

Ginn (2-2), who was perfect through 4⅓ innings, 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.

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.

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 — setting a career high.

«J.T. dominated all night. For him to walk