Crazy game: Mariners win and face Blue Jays on Sunday

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Crazy game: Mariners win and face Blue Jays on Sunday

The Detroit Tigers visited the Mariners tonight in Seattle. Both teams played for survival, as the loser had no chance to continue playing this season.

Meanwhile, the Blue Jays waited patiently for the winner of the first game of the American League Championship Series, which begins Sunday in Toronto.

George Kirby and Tarik Skubal (who didn't necessarily have the Mariners' number in 2025) were on the mound in a game that promised to be rowdy. When a club plays in a stadium where the roof is closed, let's just say it creates noise.

Early in the game, the Mariners had the advantage. They had Skubal, who threw a lot, as opposed to Kirby, who wasn't challenged as much by the Detroit guys.

In the end, Seattle struck first.

In the second inning, Josh Naylor hit a defensive double. He stole third base (without Tarik Skubal seeing him or hearing his teammates due to the noise) and the Canadiens found their way home thanks to Mitch Garver's long sacrifice fly.

Cal Raleigh, known for his skill with the bat, played excellent defense to keep his team in the game. He removed Colt Keith for an attempted steal… with a perfect shot.

You couldn't ask for more.

But in the sixth inning, Dan Wilson shot himself in the foot. Managers love to remove starting pitchers. too much quickly, and the Mariners manager wanted to avoid a clash between Kirby and Kerry Carpenter, who has the pitcher's number.

Despite the left-handed pitch, the Tigers batter hit a two-run long ball to give his club the lead—and silence the Seattle crowd.

So Skubal (who at one point had seven straight hits removed, a playoff record) finally had some support and some wiggle room.

In the short term, this looked good for Detroit.

But seeing as the Tigers retired Skubal in just six innings (two hits, no walks), one had to wonder if the Tigers could make the same mistake the Mariners did.

In the end, Skubal was fine. 13 strikeouts in the final game of the playoffs is extraordinary and a record under the circumstances.

No surprise: Kyle Finnegan didn't make it to the seventh, and the Mariners still had good bat contact. Imagine if the Tigers left the best pitcher in the world on the mound….

Tyler Holton came to the mound with a movement in the walks (but after Josh Naylor batted) and Leo Rivas (who, you might ask?) set up the tying run for Seattle.

AJ Hinch looked better than this… #Come On

The game went into extra innings, which was good for the Blue Jays because a lot of pitchers were used. In particular, Logan Gilbert was used as an assist for the first time in his career.

In the bottom of the 10th, Victor Robles hit a double on the first pitch of the inning…to no avail.

In the 11th, Kerry Carpenter hit his fourth home run of the game—his club's fifth—and advanced to second base on Cal Raleigh's first pass of the season behind home plate.

But to no avail. The excellent ball play continued.

The Tigers attacked again in the 12th. They sent their first two batters of the inning to the plate against Gilbert, who was eventually replaced on the mound. The bunt advanced both runners, but Zach McKinstry was stranded at the plate.

With the bases loaded (Kerry Carpenter was called for an intentional walk… rightfully so), Gleyber Torres had to pull a fly ball to end the inning.

Nobody wanted us to fall.

In the bottom of the 12th, Rivas reached base (again) with a walk, then advanced to second on an unruly throw to first. Then Victor Robles was hit on the arm while attempting a bunt, the ball went into play… and the runner made no attempt to advance to third.

Who knows why?

It was ruled that the batter was hit, so Rivas could not remain at third base. But he needed to at least shoot.

Umpire recovered by stealing a base on balls from J.P. Crawford in the following sequence. And finally, Crawford's sack bounced off his helmet as he returned to the bench after being called for a fly ball in the outfield.

And guess what? Immediately after that, the inning ended with a double play. #PasCouché #ViveLeCadran #MatchOfPitchers

Back in the 13th inning, Luis Castillo and Jack Flaherty were warming up. The Mariners and Tigers had no choice but to take it into account, but let's just say a lot of ammunition was expended this Friday night.

It was Flaherty who entered the game—no doubt to the Blue Jays' delight—in the bottom of the 13th. He had hard time they found the strike zone and two guys went to the pillows.

BUT in vain!

The longest deciding game in series history was pushed to the 14th inning when Luis Castillo finally entered the game. It was his first time in his career that he was relieved, and he came in with a runner in scoring position.

But he held down the fort as the sixth starting pitcher to appear in the game.

After the second Take me to the ball game (in the 14th) in a game no one wanted to win, the Mariners sent two guys on base (first and second) with no outs for Cal Raleigh.

Result? Tommy Kahnle sent Raleigh into the outfield, but a sacrifice fly brought both guys to face each other. Julio Rodriguez received an intentional walk and Jorge Polanco came to the plate with only one out. He didn't miss. #Walkoff

So the Seattle Mariners will celebrate (quickly) before heading to Toronto for the American League Championship Series. It starts on Sunday evening.

Who will serve? We'll see over time.

PMLB

  • The brewers are dedicated to their craft. On the extra day, everyone came to the stadium.

  • 2026 will be Miguel Rojas' final season. At least that's the plan.

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