"I was really shocked, honestly, and kind of sad that the Mariners had a big L," said Nastassia Dzula, a Mariners fan.
It was a humiliating night in Milwaukee that just kept getting worse and worse for the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night, and their fans felt every inning of it.
"We kind of stopped paying attention," said Ryan Zmolek, a Mariners fan. "Then it got to a point where we were like, what is going on?"
The game ended in a 22-0 shutout, marking the worst loss in franchise history and the most lopsided shutout in the major leagues since 1887.
"I was really shocked, honestly, and kind of sad that the Mariners had a big L," said Nastassia Dzula, a Mariners fan.
It was a painful watch for many Mariners fans who had such high hopes this year after last year's memorable postseason run.
"This was a World Series-contending team last year; they were going for the title," Dzula said. "Just to see them kind of lose it as bad as they did last night was kind of sad."
But it's a far cry from last season, when the Mariners were third in their division.
"I've been a fan my entire life, and it's just frustrating, but I don't necessarily have the faith I did last year," said Chyna Fish, a lifelong Mariners fan.
The team is now scrambling to recover from the worst loss in franchise history.
"It's hard to see them want to succeed and to perform, but just unable to for whatever reason," Zmolek said. "It's injuries, getting in your own head because that stuff spirals out of control."
As for who has the answers to turn things around, that's still a big unknown.
"They need someone to get them going, and convince them that yes, they are good, they have the chance to be good," Fish said. "They just need someone to be able to tell them that, and for them to truly believe it too."
But Mariners fans are nothing if not resilient. Having been through decades-long postseason droughts without a single World Series appearance, they've stuck with the team through thick and thin, for better or for worse.
"They go through their ruts, and unfortunately it's just part of the game. So I just hope they can get it together so that they can make it to the playoffs sometime soon again," Dzula said.
The Mariners play two more games in Milwaukee before returning home this weekend to face off against the Cubs.
