The Brewers 22-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday tied baseball’s modern-era record for the largest shutout, with Milwaukee piling on behind three-run homers from Christian Yelich, David Hamilton and Luis Lara, plus a two-run shot by Jake Bauers.
According to league statistics, the major league-leading Brewers, now 78-48, also matched a franchise record for runs in a game. Since 1901, only two other games ended 22-0. Pittsburgh beat the host Chicago Cubs on Sept. 16, 1975, and Cleveland shut out the New York Yankees on Aug. 31, 2004.
Bauers opened Milwaukee’s scoring in the first in unusual fashion. With two outs, he doubled off Bryce Miller, then tried to score on a William Contreras single. Left fielder Randy Arozarena’s throw reached catcher Cal Raleigh in time, but Bauers slapped at Raleigh’s mitt on his slide, the ball came loose, and he scrambled back to touch the plate.
Yelich stretched the lead to 6-0 with a three-run drive in the fifth. Hamilton cleared the fence for three more in the sixth to make it 9-0, and Bauers followed later in the inning with his 22nd homer for an 11-0 margin.
Milwaukee added nine runs in the eighth against Mariners infielder Leo Rivas, including Lara’s first career home run.
Brewers 22-0 win matches franchise scoring mark
Kyle Harrison, who yielded eight runs, three earned, in 4 2/3 innings in his previous outing, limited Seattle to two hits over five scoreless frames. Shane Drohan followed with two innings, Grant Anderson handled the eighth, and catcher Gary Sanchez finished the five-hitter in the ninth, working around two hits while lobbing several pitches under 40 mph.
Hamilton finished with a career-high four RBIs. Yelich and Lara also drove in four runs apiece, and Garrett Mitchell collected four hits.
Information in this report was provided by The Associated Press.
Major League Baseball officials previously announced that San Francisco will host the 2028 MLB All-Star Game, underscoring the league’s broader spotlight on marquee events across the sport.
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