Seattle Mariners fans may feel the need to take multiple showers after watching their favorite team get humiliated on live television.
Tuesday’s matchup between the Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers started normally enough. The NL Central leader took a 1-0 edge into the bottom of the 5th inning at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis.
The Brewers then plated five runs in both the 5th and 6th innings, turning a pitcher’s duel into an 11-0 drubbing. At that point, the contest was simply a good, old-fashioned blowout. Milwaukee then scored two more runs in the 7th before an absolutely brutal 8th inning for Seattle.
With the game virtually over already, the Mariners sent out infielder Leo Rivas to pitch. To say it did not go well would be a massive understatement, as Rivas allowed all but one of the first 10 batters to reach base safely.
The Brewers drove in nine more runs to increase their lead to 22-0 before putting the Mariners out of their misery with a scoreless top of the 9th. Seattle tied the record for the largest blowout loss while being shut out in MLB history.
The Brewers 22-0 win over the Mariners tonight is tied for the biggest blowout win in a shutout since 1888
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 19, 2026
(h/t @SlangsOnSports) pic.twitter.com/xJF8FzlJ3G
The Mariners may have angered the baseball gods with the shameful brand of baseball they played from start to finish. The Brewers’ first run was scored after a hilariously botched play at home plate.
Jake Bauers was out at home until he wasn't. 1-0 Brewers on Bauers' dive back to the plate. pic.twitter.com/0eLpP0YIp2
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 18, 2026
Milwaukee’s penultimate run came courtesy of Julio Rodriguez forgetting how to count.
Julio Rodriguez forgot how many outs there were and gifted the Brewers their 21st run of the night pic.twitter.com/GiCBX6ABxu
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 19, 2026
The Mariners can take a little bit of solace in the fact that they were still five runs away from the all-time worst loss in MLB history, which occurred in 2007 when the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3.
On the other hand, losing 22-0 while committing some of the worst errors imaginable arguably earns Seattle a commensurate plaque in baseball’s Hall of Infamy.
