There are bad nights in baseball.
Then there’s whatever happened to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
The Milwaukee Brewers absolutely destroyed Seattle 22-0, putting together one of the most ridiculous blowouts baseball has seen in years.
And no, that’s not a typo.
Twenty-two.
To.
Nothing.
The win matched the modern-era MLB record for the largest shutout, a mark previously reached by Pittsburgh in 1975 and Cleveland in 2004. It also matched Milwaukee’s franchise record for runs in a game.
Milwaukee Just Couldn’t Stop Scoring
The Brewers came into the game with the best record in baseball, but they weren’t exactly known for crushing teams with home runs.
In fact, Milwaukee had only 117 homers entering the game, the fewest in MLB.
You wouldn’t have guessed that by watching this one.
Christian Yelich hit a three-run homer.
David Hamilton added another three-run shot.
Jake Bauers launched a two-run homer.
And Luis Lara hit a three-run blast for the first home run of his MLB career.
By the time the Brewers were finished, they had 22 hits and 22 runs.
That’s just ridiculous.
And Then Came the Eighth Inning
This is where the game completely fell apart for Seattle.
Milwaukee scored nine runs in the eighth inning alone.
At one point, the Mariners had infielder Leo Rivas pitching, and the Brewers took full advantage.
Lara’s three-run homer capped the nine-run inning and sent the score from embarrassing to completely absurd.
At that point, the only real question was whether Milwaukee was going to keep going.
They did.
Seattle Couldn’t Get Anything Going
The Mariners finished the night with just five hits.
Their pitching gave up 22 runs.
Their defense committed four errors.
And the final score became the largest defeat in franchise history, according to reports.
This wasn’t one of those games where Seattle lost 7-0 and simply couldn’t hit.
This was a complete collapse.
From the mound to the field, everything seemed to go wrong.
The Brewers Were Doing Everything
And that’s what makes this even crazier.
Milwaukee wasn’t just waiting for Seattle to make mistakes.
They were creating pressure everywhere.
They stole bases.
They put the ball in play.
They hit for power.
They took advantage of mistakes.
And when Seattle finally started running out of pitchers, Milwaukee kept piling it on.
Manager Pat Murphy summed it up pretty simply afterward, saying it was a great performance but joking that he’d like to order one like it every night.
Honestly, who wouldn’t?
Milwaukee Is Looking Scary
The Brewers are now 78-48, sitting on the best record in MLB.
And while nobody should expect them to score 22 runs every night, this game was a reminder that Milwaukee doesn’t need to rely on one superstar to beat you.
They can beat you with speed.
They can manufacture runs.
They can get contributions from up and down the lineup.
And apparently, when everything clicks, they can put 22 runs on the board.
But What Happens to Seattle Now?
That’s the bigger question.
A team can survive one terrible game.
Baseball is a long season.
But a 22-0 loss this late in the year is going to get people talking.
Especially when you’re trying to fight your way into the postseason.
Seattle needs to forget this one quickly.
Because if they let a night like this snowball, things could get ugly.
For Milwaukee?
They’ll happily take it.
The Brewers just put together one of the biggest shutouts in modern MLB history.
Seattle probably just wants everyone to stop talking about it.
Good luck with that.
