In a marathon decided in the 15th, Jorge Polanco lined a walk-off single to right, scoring J.P. Crawford as the Seattle Mariners edged the Detroit Tigers 3-2 before a frenzied crowd of 47,025, securing a berth in the ALCS for the first time since 2001. The winner-take-all Game 5, the longest of its kind in baseball history, lasted 4:58 and took 472 pitches before Seattle finally broke through. Detroit’s Tarik Skubal struck out 13, and Kerry Carpenter homered, but Leo Rivas’ pinch-hit equalizer and resilient relief from Luis Castillo and Logan Gilbert kept Seattle alive.

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