Brewers match 34-year-old franchise record with home run parade against Mariners

Much has been made about the Milwaukee Brewers' familiar lack of home run power during the 2026 season. Known for their ability to manufacture runs by putting the ball in play, stringing together base hits, and wreaking havoc on the basepaths, the Brew Crew struggles when it comes to sending the ball over the fence.

Milwaukee entered Tuesday night's series opener with the fewest team home runs in all of baseball, and they still have the fewest on Wednesday morning, but that doesn't change the fact that the Brewers, who crushed four homers in their rout of the Seattle Mariners, proved they still can win games via the home run.

Last night's Brewers-Mariners game began as something of a pitching duel between Kyle Harrison and Bryce Miller. Harrison certainly didn't have his sharpest stuff, which makes the fact that he posted five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts all the more impressive. Meanwhile, Miller was looking sharp through the first four frames despite allowing a first-inning run due to back-to-back two-out hits from Jake Bauers and William Contreras. Bauers scored on what was a chaotic play at the plate in which Cal Raleigh dropped the ball, and the Brewers' first baseman avoided the Mariners' catcher's tag when diving back to home plate.

As a result, when the game entered the bottom of the fifth inning, it was a modest 1-0 lead for the Brew Crew. However, four innings later, the Brewers had matched a franchise record for the most runs in a single game. When Gary Sánchez, yes Gary Sánchez, collected the final out for the Brewers in the top of the ninth, the scoreboard read an unbelievable 22-0, which is the most runs Milwaukee has scored in a single game since August 28, 1992, when they defeated the Blue Jays 22-2 in Toronto.

Brewers tie franchise record for most runs in a single game after posting 22 runs in series opener against Mariners

The scoring binge began in the bottom of the fifth, when, with one out in the inning, David Hamilton started the rally with an infield single. Brice Turang, back in the lineup for the first time since the series in San Diego, followed Hamilton's single with a walk before the pair executed a beautiful double steal to advance to second and third with less than two outs. Jackson Chourio dropped a single in front of the center fielder's head, which scored Hamilton from third but kept Turang at second base, due to the nature of the hit. It mattered not, however, because Andrew Vaughn walked to load the bases for William Contreras, who laced an RBI-sac fly to left to score Turang from third.

With two outs and runners on second and third, the Brewers still held just a 3-0 lead, as Christian Yelich stepped to the plate. Yelich, who hadn't hit a homer at American Family Field since July 24, sent a three-run bomb to right-center that doubled the Brewers' lead and started their home run parade.

The following inning, David Hamilton crushed his own three-run homer to right-center and Jake Bauers followed it with a two-run blast to straight-away right. Two more runs in the bottom of the seventh due to an RBI-single from Hamilton, who had a career-high four RBI last night, and a drop from first baseman Josh Naylor that allowed a run to score on an Andrew Vaughn fielder's choice, made it a 13-0 Brewers lead as the game entered the eighth.

Facing a seemingly insurmountable deficit, the Mariners turned to position player Leo Rivas to pitch the final inning, and it's safe to say the Brewers took advantage of the meatballs being thrown on the mound. Milwaukee scored nine runs in the bottom of the eighth, which included Luis Lara's first MLB homer, and reached 22 runs for the first time since 1992.

However, the Brewers didn't just tie a franchise record for the most runs in a single game last night; they also tied the largest shutout win since the 1888 season, as reported by MLB.com statistician Sarah Langs. It's also the largest margin of victory in a Brewers' franchise history, beating the previous record of 20 runs which was last accomplished against the Pittsburgh Pirates back on April 22, 2010.

It was an incredible victory for the Brewers, one that impressively came on the heels of a grueling stretch of 17 games in 17 days without an off-day, which included two West Coast road trips. Milwaukee is seemingly due for some positive regression in the home run department, and last night was evidence that it may be starting. The Brewers are back in action tonight with Dustin May on the bump facing Mariners' ace Logan Gilbert, in what is practically guaranteed to be a lower-scoring affair.

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