‘That was nasty’: Gee and Ursula attempt to process Mariners’ historic 22-0 loss

The Seattle Mariners suffered the worst loss in team history Tuesday night, falling to the Milwaukee Brewers in a 22-0 shutout loss, a blowout so rare it’s tied for the most lopsided shutout win in Major League Baseball since 1887.

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin, co-hosts of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, attempted to come to terms with the “embarrassing” loss, likening it to a football score, and analyzed at which point in the game everything fell by the wayside.

“I thought the Packers were playing the Seahawks yesterday,” Ursula said. “I was like, is that a typo? 22-0? Three touchdowns? What the heck happened there?”

“That was nasty, and it was nasty when it was at 11-nothing,” Gee added. “I said, ‘Ooh, this is bad.’ And then they kept continuing. And then towards the end, pop fly to Julio, Julio steps back, catches the ball, thinks it’s three outs, throws the ball into the stands, and two runs score.”

Gee still sees a path to the playoffs despite the historic loss

Gee found a sliver of hope in what has been a season to forget for the Mariners, pointing to an American League West division that has been shooting itself in the foot all season, leaving room for Seattle to snatch a division title despite its woes.

“As nasty as that loss was, as nasty as the team has been playing, as nasty as Julio’s not the superstar that he should have been that we thought he’d be, and Cal Raleigh and all that, they are still four games back in the division, three games back of the wild card,” Gee said.

“That’s the facts,” he continued. “What I’m saying is, as nasty as the game was, and it was, they get to play again, and they’re still only four games back because we got the Angels in the division, you got the A’s in the division, and both of those teams are cheeks. But hey, 22 to nothing, that’s just embarrassing.”

Ursula and producer Paul Holden weren’t as forgiving. They acknowledged the team is still alive in the playoff race, but only because the rest of the league isn’t much better.

“They’re lucky that other teams aren’t doing great,” Ursula said.

“They’re fortunate the American League is kind of weak as a whole, so they still have a shot. But that was ugly,” Holden responded.

The lopsided score wasn’t the only record set. Position player Leo Rivas took the mound and threw 22 pitches under 40 mph, the only time that’s ever happened in MLB history. He allowed seven earned runs on nine hits.

Should the Mariners keep Dan Wilson?

Ursula raised the question that has been building around the fan base since reports emerged that manager Dan Wilson would be fired in the offseason if the Mariners failed to make the playoffs.

“What is it going to take?” Ursula asked. “At what point do you say, ‘Yeah, leadership, this is a leadership problem?'”

Gee said the Mariners skipper deserves one more year, but Holden felt like the rumors could take shape during the offseason.

“I think you should give Dan Wilson another year, respectfully,” Gee said.

“Yeah, I think that should be the make-it-or-break-it year. Give him one more shot,” Holden said. “But the rumors are getting stronger that they might let [Wilson] go if they don’t make the playoffs.”

Following the loss, Wilson called the game a “tough one to even think about,” while Brewers manager Pat Murphy said he’d “order that every night.”

Only two other teams in major league history have lost a game 22-0 since 1887: the 2004 New York Yankees and the 1975 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Local fans and media didn’t hold back after the historic shutout

The Mariners made national headlines with their 22-0 loss, and local fans and media piled on.

Jason Rantz, host of “The Jason Rantz Show” on Seattle Red 770 AM, advised that the Mariners should just cancel the rest of their games, or the baseball season in general.

It’s time to cancel the season. Or baseball. Cancel all of baseball. https://t.co/RkxHWm47s4

— Jason Rantz on Seattle Red (@jasonrantz) August 19, 2026

Mina Kimes, an NFL analyst on ESPN and devoted Seattle sports fan, shared a statistic that highlighted just how dominant the Super Bowl champion Seahawks were last season, though it was at the Mariners’ expense.

The Seahawks gave up fewer points in 17/21 games last season https://t.co/HjQpvb3q2s

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) August 19, 2026

Local Seattle comedian Dustin Nickerson may have summed up Tuesday night’s loss best, taking aim at a fan-favorite Mariners home-game attraction where hot dogs tied to parachutes are thrown to fans from above.

The Seattle Mariners:

Hotdogs from heaven

Baseball from hell

— Dustin Nickerson (@DustinNickerson) August 19, 2026

Watch the full discussion in the video above.

Listen to Gee and Ursula on “The Gee and Ursula Show” weekday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm on KIRO Newsradio.