Mariners turn the page, flip the script, hold off Brewers for rebound victory 

MILWAUKEE -- Just 24 hours after suffering the worst loss in franchise history, the Mariners wasted no time proving they were ready to turn the page.

Seattle sent all nine batters to the plate in the first inning, scored four runs before Milwaukee even came to bat and never looked back in a 7-5 win on Wednesday night at American Family Field.

The response came one night after a 22-0 loss that manager Dan Wilson said his club simply had to flush. The Mariners did exactly that, jumping all over Brewers starter Dustin May and forcing him from the game after just two innings.

Seattle added three runs in the second, building a 7-0 lead before Milwaukee could settle in. It was the kind of offensive eruption the Mariners desperately needed after being shut out the night before, and it gave starter Logan Gilbert plenty of room to work.

Gilbert provided the stability Seattle was looking for from its ace. His only real mistake through five innings came on Joey Ortiz’s two-run homer in the second, but he quickly settled back in and kept Milwaukee from mounting any serious comeback.

Gilbert returned for the sixth but walked the first two batters he faced before being removed at 100 pitches. Eduard Bazardo entered with two runners aboard and limited the damage to one inherited run, leaving Gilbert with a final line of five-plus innings, four hits, three runs, four walks and five strikeouts.

From there the bullpen finished off a game Seattle controlled from the opening frame. One night after everything unraveled, the Mariners flipped the script and delivered exactly the kind of response they needed.

The victory improved the Mariners to 60-67 and pulled them within 2 1/2 games of the final AL Wild Card spot, keeping them firmly in the postseason picture as they try to build some momentum from a night that began -- and ended -- much differently from the one before.