Zach McKinstry’s broken-bat RBI single with two outs in the top of the 11th inning broke a tie as the Detroit Tigers defeated host Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Saturday night in the opener of their best-of-five American League Division Series.

Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer for the Tigers, who are set to send ace Tarik Skubal to the mound in Game 2 on Sunday.

Will Vest (1-0) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the victory and Keider Montero worked the 11th for the first save of his career. Right-hander Troy Melton, a rookie making his fifth career start for Detroit, went four innings and gave up one run on two hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

Julio Rodriguez homered and had a run-scoring single for Seattle. Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh both went 3-for-5, but the rest of the

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