There have been 40 winner-take-all Game 5s in Division Series history since the best-of-five series was added to the postseason docket in 1995, when MLB expanded to allow a Wild Card team from each league. That list grew by two in 2025, courtesy of the Mariners' thrilling 15-inning win over

WHAT A GAME! The Mariners punched their ticket to the franchise’s first ALCS appearance since 2001 with a thrilling 15-inning victory in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the ALDS against the Tigers on Friday night. It was Seattle’s Jorge Polanco who ended the epic battle with a bases-loaded walk-off single

SEATTLE -- Thirty years ago, Randy Johnson stepped out of the bullpen at the Kingdome in relief for the first time after one of many dominant seasons, in Game 5 of the AL Division Series. He went on to fire three innings, keeping the Mariners in it before Edgar Martinez

SEATTLE -- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch laid all his cards on the table Friday night with Kerry Carpenter batting leadoff. There were no tricks up his sleeve or sleight of hand, just a simple challenge laid down to the Mariners. Once Hinch noticed during Games 1 and 2 that Seattle

SEATTLE -- The Tigers were prepared to ride the left arm of Tarik Skubal as long as they could Friday night at T-Mobile Park to get to the ALCS. They got six innings and a winner-take-all postseason record 13 strikeouts out of him. Then, amazingly, they still had another nine

SEATTLE -- Gleyber Torres needs surgery. Following Friday’s 3-2 loss in Game 5 of the American League Division Series, Torres announced that he will undergo a procedure to repair a sports hernia on his right side. The Tigers second baseman said the issue has caused him significant pain for most

SEATTLE -- Bryan Woo was smiling and high-fiving teammates after throwing an up-and-down bullpen session at T-Mobile Park on Friday afternoon, which was perhaps a positive sign as the matter of his roster status loomed, with the Mariners seeking to advance in the American League Division Series against the Tigers.

SEATTLE -- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch walked into the T-Mobile Park interview room Friday night with the remnants of tears in his eyes, his voice cracking as he tried to put the end of his club's season in perspective. For just under five hours and 15 innings, Detroit battled the

SEATTLE -- For a starved fanbase that specializes in stress, the Mariners gave their faithful a dynamite dose on Friday night. But in the best way possible. Jorge Polanco ripped a walk-off single through the right-side hole with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 15th

SEATTLE -- T-Mobile Park hosted a winner-take-all playoff game for the first time in 24 years Friday night. The Mariners were ready. The fans were ready. And the seismologists were ready. Friday morning, a group of scientists from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) got early access to the ballpark

SEATTLE -- Leo Rivas went to bed Thursday night a 27-year-old. He woke up Friday a 28-year-old. He’ll go to bed a hero.

SEATTLE -- Tarik Skubal entered from T-Mobile Park's left-field bullpen just before Friday’s winner-take-all Game 5 of the ALDS, looking a lot like a heavyweight prizefighter headed to the ring for a title bout. The stalk, the focus, the entourage behind him led by batterymate Dillon Dingler … it was

DETROIT -- For the second straight year, Tarik Skubal will take the mound in a deciding Game 5 of an American League Division Series. For the fourth time this season, he’ll be trying to solve whatever hex the Mariners put on him.

DETROIT -- The Tigers had been on the road for 15 days when they landed in Detroit on Monday afternoon. The first thing Tarik Skubal did was go to Comerica Park and get ready for their next trip. He was down to his last clean pair of underwear, but before

The Blue Jays get to do exactly what you and I get to do on Friday night: kick back, relax and watch two teams fight their guts out for the right to play them in the American League Championship Series. For the Mariners and Tigers, though, their seasons are on

It's Tarik Skubal and the Tigers vs. Cal Raleigh and the Mariners tonight for all the marbles in Game 5 of the American League Division Series.

SEATTLE -- With their season on the line, the Mariners will turn to George Kirby in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Tigers, manager Dan Wilson revealed after Thursday’s workout at T-Mobile Park.

SEATTLE -- The Mariners won’t have their Ted Lasso-themed banner hanging beyond left field on Friday night, the massive, yellow placard with blue lettering that reads, “Believe,” from the hit -- and wholesome -- Apple TV+ show. That was 2021, when they were the sport’s surprise darlings and competitive way

SEATTLE -- A.J. Hinch has been here before. That’s not a reference to T-Mobile Park, though the Tigers were just here last weekend. It’s a reference to a win-or-go-home playoff game.

DETROIT -- On the eve of one of the biggest games of their careers with Detroit, the Tigers are embracing the adrenaline that catapulted them into Friday’s win-or-go-home Game 5 showdown against the Mariners for the right to advance to the AL Championship Series. And because now is the time

SEATTLE -- The one guarantee for the Mariners if they are to advance in this American League Division Series against the Tigers is that they will do so with their bullpen propelling them through the finish line. That army of arms could very well be the decisive factor as to

DETROIT -- Following the Mariners’ 9-3 loss to the Tigers in Game 4 of the AL Division Series on Wednesday, manager Dan Wilson was not ready to announce who would take the ball for Seattle in Friday’s decisive Game 5 at T-Mobile Park. It all but assuredly will be one

DETROIT -- Troy Melton was warming in the Tigers' bullpen near the left-field corner of Comerica Park when Javier Báez turned on Gabe Speier’s slider and sent it down the line in the fifth inning. His first reaction was like everybody else's. “I thought it was gone,” Melton said. “And

DETROIT -- Their grip on the game cascaded away, from slow to swift to sheer disbelief. The Mariners were firmly in the driver’s seat for much of Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Tigers on Wednesday. They’d built an early lead and had taken Comerica Park

DETROIT -- Riley Greene put every ounce of frustration and power he had into the swing.