The Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers are preparing for a do-or-die Game 5 of the American League Division Series. They lost Game 4 on the road, but are coming back home with a chance to get back to the ALCS for the first time since 2001. Mariners manager Dan Wilson spoke about the excitement of the deciding Game 5 against Tarik Skubal and the Tigers. Expand Tweet
“These [games] take on an excitement of their own. And this is what we play for, this is the excitement of postseason baseball. This is the excitement for any player that has been through it, and I think that there is so much that goes into these games. But I think, ultimately, when that first pitch is thrown, you've crossed the lines, it feels very familiar to a game,” Wilson said at his press conference.
In his first