By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press
July 18, 2026 - 10:38 pm
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Athletics routed the Washington Nationals 15-1 to extremity their 10-game losing streak Saturday night.
Jacob Wilson, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes homered to assistance the A’s bounce backmost 24 hours aft a 23-4 nonaccomplishment to Washington, their astir lopsided decision successful much than 70 years.
Ginn (8-6) allowed 1 deed successful 6 1/3 scoreless innings. He struck retired 7 and walked three.
The 27-year-old right-hander retired 19 of the archetypal 22 batters helium faced and mislaid his bid for a no-hitter erstwhile Keibert Ruiz lined a cleanable azygous to halfway tract with 1 retired successful the seventh.
After that, Ginn was pulled by manager Mark Kotsay and received a lasting ovation.
Ruiz besides singled successful the ninth and scored connected Jorbit Vivas’ sacrifice fly. Vivas, an infielder, pitched for the Nationals for the 2nd consecutive night. He worked the eighth inning and allowed 1 run, 1 hit, 1 locomotion and a deed batter.
Wilson and Soderstrom each scored 3 times. They some homered disconnected starter Zack Littell (7-7), who gave up 8 runs, 8 hits and 4 walks successful six innings.
Wilson and Jeff McNeil each had 3 of the Athletics’ 13 hits.
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