Milwaukee opened the three-game set with a 22-0 romp on Tuesday before Seattle claimed an early ​seven-run lead and held on for a 7-5 victory on Wednesday.

"We had our teeth kicked in (Tuesday), so I ‌guess it's just how you respond, and we were able to scratch a few early," Mariners third baseman Brendan Donovan said. "Momentum is day-to-day, and how can you put pressure on them early? And I think we put some pressure on them early.

"It was kind of like, 'Well, we made history, boys, let's ​flush it.' Not exactly the history we wanted to make."

The rout on Tuesday was the Mariners' worst loss in their ​50-year history. It also was the biggest shutout by a home team since 1887.

Dominic Canzone, Josh Naylor ⁠and Taylor Ward each drove in two runs on Wednesday for Seattle, which sits 2 1/2 games back of the final American ​League wild-card spot.

Logan Gilbert allowed three runs over five-plus innings to help Seattle win for just the fifth time in its last ​14 games.

"That's another one of those games that just find a way to win and keep holding on, and eventually just feel like we're going to bust through," Gilbert said. "(We've) been saying that for a while. It needs to happen. There's definitely some urgency, but it's all right in front of ​us."

One night after matching a franchise record for runs in a game, Milwaukee went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position and had ​its three-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday.

Shortstop Cooper Pratt, 22, went 0-for-4 in the loss, and fellow rookie Luis Lara, 21, struck out with the ‌bases loaded ⁠in the sixth inning.

"(Pratt) didn't have good at-bats," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. "We've seen him have good at-bats in big situations, but he's a young player. Just like Lara in the bases-loaded situation. ... Sometimes in this league when you're (young), you make those kind of mistakes."

The Brewers also received a short outing from right-hander Dustin May, who allowed seven runs over two innings.

"I just don't think he had ​his fastball command," Murphy said. "He didn't ​have the good cutter, and ⁠he got backed into a corner a bunch."

Milwaukee could use a lengthy outing from left-hander Robert Gasser (3-5, 4.54 ERA) in the series finale. He allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings in a ​3-1 road loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

Gasser, 27, threw a career-high 102 pitches ​and struck out ⁠seven batters with one walk against the Dodgers. He will face Seattle for the first time in his career.

The Mariners will counter with right-hander George Kirby (8-9, 3.89 ERA), who yielded five runs over 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision against the Houston Astros last Friday. Seattle lost ⁠10-7 in ​10 innings.

Kirby, 28, owns a 3.40 ERA in 13 home starts this season compared ​with a 4.55 mark in 10 outings away from T-Mobile Park.

Andrew Vaughn has one hit in nine at-bats against Kirby, who will make his second career start ​vs. Milwaukee. He allowed four runs over six innings in a 6-0 home loss to the Brewers on July 21, 2025.

--Field Level Media