In the span of six pitches, J.T. Ginn went from chasing history to getting walked off by the Los Angeles Angels. 

The A's finally broke through in the top of the ninth inning, plating the game's first run and making it 1-0. Then they loaded the bases, but failed to add on. In a game that had moved so quickly, that slight delay without the extra insurance might have been the difference between J.T. Ginn and history. 

Adam Frazier led off the bottom of the inning with a single dropped just over short, ending the no-hit bid. At that point, the goal had shifted from no-hitter to a complete game win. Zack Neto had other plans, as he parked a Ginn sinker over the fence in center. 

Ginn had fallen behind 2-0 before going to the sinker three straight times, with the last one ending the game. 

After the heartbreaker, Ginn said, "Just a crazy game. I fell behind 2-0, threw a good sinker, and he was waiting on it. Put a good swing on it. Tip your cap to him." 

By about the third inning, J.T. Ginn was pitching like someone that has become the ace of the A's rotation after his recent string of starts. By the fifth, he was tossing a game to keep an eye on. In the sixth, the defense behind him was well aware of what was happening, with Darell Hernaiz rushing a throw from shortstop after a short hop ate him up, but Nick Kurtz stretched to corral the ball at first for the second out of the inning. 

In the seventh, Ginn kept the defense out of it and struck out the side, setting a career-high 10 strikeouts in the process. A 10-pitch eighth inning included a couple of fly outs to center and a pop-up to short.

Entering the ninth, Ginn had thrown 99 pitches and hadn't allowed a hit. 

For eight innings, the A's and Angels had played to a 0-0 tie, which wasn't doing Ginn any favors, even if he completed the game without allowing a hit. 

Zack Gelof stroked a single with one down in the top of the ninth, swiped second, and then Lawrence Butler came off the bench to put the A's up 1-0, allowing Ginn a chance to make his run at history in the bottom of the ninth. 

On a lighter note, late in the game, fans in left field took off their shirts and began swirling them over their heads, in a "tarps off" celebration that has taken MLB by storm. They were also chanting "Sell the team!" In the final game the A's played in Oakland, it was Ginn on the mound, and those chants were prevalent that day too. 

Even with the loss, Ginn dropped his ERA to 2.98 on the season. Aaron Civale (2.70) is the only other A's starter with an ERA under three. In his last three starts, Ginn has totaled 22 innings, giving up 15 hits, walking one per game and striking out 21. He holds a 1.23 ERA in that span.