Man, T-Mobile Park feels a million miles away after what went down Tuesday night. The Seattle Mariners got absolutely crushed, falling 22-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers in a game that etched itself into the MLB history books for all the wrong reasons. This wasn’t just a bad loss, this was a historic embarrassment: it matched the largest shutout win in Major League Baseball since 1888. A 22-0 beatdown has only been seen twice since then, in 1975 and 2004, and those were both on the road.
The Brewers Absolutely Blew It Open
Things were already ugly early, with the Brewers building a commanding 13-0 lead through seven innings. They exploded for five runs in both the fifth and sixth frames, getting dingers from Christian Yelich, David Hamilton, and Jake Bauers. But then the eighth inning hit, and what was already a disaster turned into something truly historic for the Emerald City’s team. The Brewers poured on nine more runs in that single frame, turning a dominant win into a record-tying blowout. Luis Lara even hit his first MLB home run during that stretch, and yeah, it was off our guy, Mariners third baseman Leo Rivas, who was pitching by that point because things were so far gone.
A Meltdown for the Ages at the Plate and in the Field
But it got even worse, somehow. Julio Rodríguez, out there in the outfield, completely forgot how many outs there were. He caught a fly ball and then threw the live ball straight into the stands, gifting Milwaukee two more runs. You could practically see the air leave the stadium with that play. He looked totally defeated out there, and honestly, who could blame him after that mess? Bryce Miller, our starter, got shelled for five runs and seven hits before getting yanked early. The Mariners’ bats only managed five hits all night, and the team racked up four errors. Just brutal. Meanwhile, Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison allowed just two hits and had eight strikeouts over five innings.
Milwaukee is absolutely flying high at 78-48, the best record in all of MLB, and they’re ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central race. For us? This kind of historic beatdown, especially late in the regular season, is just soul-crushing. You gotta wonder what this means for the clubhouse after a performance like that. We can’t let a loss like this define us, but man, it leaves a mark. Time to flush this one and somehow, someway, find a way to get back to playing our brand of baseball.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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