Mariners Beat Brewers 7-5 as Muñoz Notches 100th Save
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Updated · The Seattle Times · Aug 20
Mariners Beat Brewers 7-5 as Muñoz Notches 100th Save
3 articles · Updated · The Seattle Times · Aug 20
Summary
Seattle erased the sting of Tuesday’s 22-0 rout by jumping Milwaukee for a 7-0 lead after 1 1/2 innings and holding on for a 7-5 win.
Four first-inning runs and three more in the second chased Dustin May early, with Dominic Canzone’s two-run double, Taylor Ward’s two-run bloop single and Josh Naylor’s two-run single driving the burst.
Logan Gilbert worked into the sixth despite allowing Joey Ortiz’s two-run homer, giving up four hits, four walks and two runs while striking out five.
Seattle’s bullpen bent late — Seranthony Domínguez surrendered two eighth-inning runs — before Andrés Muñoz closed a perfect ninth for his 100th career save.
The win was just the Mariners’ fifth in 14 games, but it kept them afloat in a middling American League and showed a second quick rebound on this road trip.