US EditionSeattle Mariners Reach ALCS for First Time in 24 Years After 15-Inning Classic
The Mariners won the longest winner-take-all postseason game in MLB history with a 15-inning 3-2 victory, advancing to the ALCS for the first time since 2001.
- On Friday, Jorge Polanco belted a walk-off single in the 15th inning at T-Mobile Park, securing a 3-2 Game 5 victory for the Seattle Mariners over the Detroit Tigers.
- In the seventh, pinch-hitter Leo Rivas delivered a tying RBI single in his first postseason at-bat, on his 28th birthday, helping the Mariners claw back from a two-to-one deficit.
- Tigers ace Tarik Skubal struck out 13 batters and set a postseason mark by fanning seven consecutive hitters, while Kerry Carpenter’s sixth-inning two-run homer gave Detroit a 2-1 lead.
- The Mariners advance to the ALCS for the first time since 2001, ending a 24-year drought and will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the best-of-seven series starting Sunday.
- The matchup stretched to 15 innings, a winner-take-all record, featuring 36 strikeouts and 15 pitchers; for Detroit Tigers, the loss echoes last year's Game 5 heartbreak.
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