Athletics 15, Nationals 1: Ginn's No-Hit Bid Ends a 10-Game Skid

Revenge, 24 hours later

July 18, 2026 – West Sacramento – Friday was 23-4 the wrong way. Saturday looked like a different sport.

J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter into the seventh. Jacob Wilson and Tyler Soderstrom went deep. And the Athletics buried the Washington Nationals 15-1 to end a 10-game skid, per the Associated Press.

Thirteen hits. Season-high runs. Standing ovation when Ginn left.

Wilson's first-pitch spark, then the flood

Wilson led off the first with a 411-foot shot off Zack Littell. Soderstrom singled. Carlos Cortes doubled him home. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer doubled again. 5-0 before Washington settled in.

Soderstrom's two-run homer in the sixth made it 8-0. The seventh poured six more, including Shea Langeliers' three-run double. Wilson and Soderstrom each scored three times. Jeff McNeil stacked hits. Littell (7-7) lasted six and gave up eight runs.

Ginn's almost no-no

Ginn (8-6) retired 19 of 22 early. Seven strikeouts. Three walks. One hit: Keibert Ruiz's clean single to center with one out in the seventh ended the bid. Mark Kotsay pulled him to a roar. Hogan Harris finished the frame. Washington's only run arrived in the ninth on a sac fly.

AthX Engine angle

Athletics 32 team FP led Saturday. Ginn's 25.33 pitching FP sat among the card's best arms. Soderstrom (11 FP) and Wilson (10 FP) cracked the hitting board. Loud night. Share prices still answer to dynamic pricing.

What comes next

One blowout does not rewrite a season. It does end a skid with style after the ugliest loss in decades.

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*Sources: MLB.com schedule, AP News, MLB.com wrap, AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*