SEATTLE -- Bryan Woo was smiling and high-fiving teammates after throwing an up-and-down bullpen session at T-Mobile Park on Friday afternoon, which was perhaps a positive sign as the matter of his roster status loomed, with the Mariners seeking to advance in the American League Division Series against the Tigers.

But the Mariners, who would go on to win a 15-inning thriller , 3-2 , won’t truly know if it will be able to include him on its AL Championship Series roster until Saturday at the earliest, wanting to see how he recovers.

“We'll see how he kind of bounces back from that,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said before the session and ahead of ALDS Game 5. “These are the decisions we're going to have to make pretty quickly once this game concludes tonight. So yeah, we'll cross th

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