The Seattle Mariners host the Detroit Tigers on Friday night in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the American League Division Series. First pitch from T-Mobile Park is set for 8:08 p.m. ET.

The Tigers stayed alive with a 9-3 home victory in Game 4 and now send 2024 Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal (13-6, 2.21 ERA) to the mound to square off against Seattle's George Kirby (10-8, 4.21) in Friday's decisive showdown. However, Skubal is 0-2 with a 4.58 ERA in three starts against Seattle this year including the postseason, while Kirby is 2-4 with a 6.89 ERA in seven career starts against Detroit.

The Tigers are coming off an offensive outburst in which they scored a postseason high nine runs on 13 hits, while Seattle was held to five combined runs in its first two home games of the series t

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