SEATTLE -- Sixteen years after Tigers fans experienced extra-inning heartbreak in Game 163, they have another tale of winner-take-all woe for the next generation, this time in Game 170 -- with plenty of extra chapters.

Jorge Polanco’s 15th-inning single off Tommy Kahnle brought home J.P. Crawford with the winning run, bringing an end to the longest winner-take-all postseason game in Major League history -- and in turn, the Tigers’ season -- with a 3-2 Detroit loss in Game 5 of the AL Division Series Friday night at T-Mobile Park.

It brings a soul-crushing end to a Tigers season that began with the Majors’ best record at the All-Star break, turned with a September collapse that cost them an AL Central title, then found new life with a Wild Card Series win in Cleveland .

A back-and-fo

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