Jorge Polanco lined a walk-off single in the 15th inning, lifting the Seattle Mariners past the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in Game 5 and into the AL Championship Series. His hit scored J.P. Crawford before 47,025 roaring fans, ending the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history. Seattle, which left 12 on base, rallied after Kerry Carpenter’s two-run homer; Leo Rivas tied it with a pinch-hit RBI. Tarik Skubal struck out 13 over six innings for Detroit. The Mariners reach their first ALCS since 2001 and face the Blue Jays on Sunday night in Toronto.

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