The Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners will play once more to decide who advances from the ALDS to the ALCS in the 2025 MLB playoffs , after the Tigers scored nine consecutive runs in Game 4 for a 9-3 win Wednesday in Detroit.

We have Tigers-Mariners Game 5 predictions and picks from our six experts ahead of Friday's winner-take-all matchup at T-Mobile Park in Seattle (8:08 p.m., Fox).

The Tigers have the Game 5 pitching advantage with presumptive 2025 AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal starting , while the Mariners are likely to counter with George Kirby.

Skubal, who attended nearby Seattle University, gave up two Jorge Polanco home runs in Game 2, the only runs he allowed in seven dominant innings. The Mariners won 3-2 on an eighth-inning RBI double from Julio Rodrí

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