Brewers tie largest shutout with 22-0 rout of M's
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- Milwaukee Brewers routed the Seattle Mariners 22-0, matching baseball's modern-era record for the biggest shutout — only the third 22-0 game since 1901, after Pittsburgh over the Cubs in 1975 and Cleveland at the Yankees in 2004.
- Christian Yelich, David Hamilton, and Luis Lara each hit three-run homers while Jake Bauers added a two-run shot (his 22nd of the season), as Milwaukee erupted for nine runs in the eighth inning alone.
- Eight different Brewers players scored multiple runs, a new franchise record, with the team (78-48, MLB's best) also tying its franchise mark for runs in a game.
- The Seattle Mariners matched their own franchise record for most runs allowed (22), and the blowout marked the fourth time this month Seattle surrendered 10-plus runs.
- Jake Bauers scored the game's first run in unusual fashion — he doubled and tried to score on a William Contreras single, was tagged out by catcher Cal Raleigh, but Raleigh lost the ball and Bauers dove back to the plate safely.
- Kyle Harrison (10-3) held Seattle to two hits over five innings, with Shane Drohan, Grant Anderson, and catcher Gary Sanchez — who threw several pitches under 40 mph in mop-up duty — finishing the five-hitter.
- David Hamilton set a career high with four RBIs; Yelich and Lara also drove in four runs each, and Garrett Mitchell collected four hits for Milwaukee.
Why it matters: This was a historic rout — only the third 22-0 shutout since 1901 — and the loss also tied Seattle's franchise record for most runs allowed. For the Brewers, the laugher reinforced their status as MLB's best team at 78-48; for the Mariners, allowing 10-plus runs for the fourth time this month signals a deepening pitching collapse heading into the season's stretch run.
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