The Seattle Mariners advanced to their first American League Championship Series since 2001 with a 3-2 victory over Detroit Tigers in a 15-inning Game 5 marathon.
If you stayed up for the decisive Game 5 between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, it was worth every second.
In a game that lasted roughly five hours and ended after 1 a.m. ET, the Mariners are headed to their first American League Championship Series in 24 years after a 3-2 win in a 15-inning marathon.
Both teams were kept scoreless from the top of the eighth through the top of the 15th, but the Mariners finally pulled through with Jorge Polanco’s bases-loaded single to send them to the ALCS and end the longest winner-take-all game in history.
Detroit wasted a stellar performance by Tarik Skubal, who struck out 13 while pitching six innings of one-run ball. The soon-to-be two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was taken out of the game with a 2-1 lead, and the Tigers’ bullpen promptly allowed the tying run in the seventh.
