The ALDS between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers shifted abruptly to a best-of-three with both teams trading body blows in Games 1 and 2.

Luis Castillo’s gritty outing unsung part of Mariners’ Game 2 win

The Mariners came in confident having been given the chance to rest, refresh and enjoy every advantage of home. They matched up with a Tigers team that had been on the road for 12 days, frantically trying to put the brakes on a month-long freefall.

Seattle saw that advantage crumble to dust when their offense stalled in Game 1. The momentum swing was dramatic. The Mariners were left stunned in their clubhouse on one side of T-Mobile Park, and the Tigers jubilant on the other – knowing they had the best starter in baseball, coming off perhaps his best performance of the season

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