Brewers look to keep rolling after 22-0 rout, as Dustin May readies for his third start

The Milwaukee Brewers will attempt to carry forward a rare offensive explosion when they host the Seattle Mariners after Milwaukee’s 22-0 thrashing of Seattle. The matchup is framed as a follow-up opportunity for the Brewers, who are coming off a lopsided win that immediately changed the feel of the series and underscored their ability to score in bunches.

Milwaukee enters the game with a 78-48 record, while Seattle is listed at 59-67. Those numbers set the broader context: the Brewers are playing meaningful baseball with postseason positioning in mind, and a multi-run offense has been part of why they can separate on the schedule. For the Mariners, the challenge is straightforward, they must find ways to stop the kind of run creation that turned the prior contest into a mismatch.

A central storyline for Milwaukee’s pitching rotation is Dustin May. According to the game preview, May will make his third start as a member of the Brewers. That detail matters because early usage often shapes how a team plans its staff over the final stretch, even if the Brewers are not treating any single start as the finish line.

May’s presence also reflects what the Brewers have been trying to do overall on the field, adding stability while the lineup continues to function at a level closer to full strength. The preview specifically points to Milwaukee getting “closer to full strength on the offensive side,” which suggests the organization is viewing recent progress as part of a longer build rather than a one-off outburst.

What to expect from this matchup is not the kind of scoring output that defined the last game. A 22-0 score is an outlier, and baseball outcomes rarely repeat with that degree of similarity. Still, the Brewers’ intent will likely be to strike early, turn favorable matchups into quick runs, and force Seattle to play from behind.

For Seattle, the focus is on getting ahead of the problem that caused the previous blowout: limiting damage once Milwaukee’s hitters get into rhythm. The Mariners also have an incentive to treat this as a reset game, keeping the deficit from growing into a rout by working counts, avoiding free baserunners, and preventing the extended innings that can turn a manageable deficit into a long chase.

With May approaching a more established rhythm within Milwaukee’s rotation, this game becomes a useful checkpoint for how the Brewers plan to continue sharpening both their starting pitching and their run-scoring threats. The immediate question is whether Milwaukee can convert that momentum into consistent production, and the longer question is how May’s continued ramp-up fits into the Brewers’ push toward October.