SEATTLE – It’s going to take a while to shake off and sort through how this ended for the Tigers. At the exact same spot last season’s run ended – with a crushing Game 5 loss in the American League Division Series.

A season of seemingly boundless promise for five months turned abruptly dour in September and now, after a gutty recovery in the Wild Card Series, ends despite an historic postseason performance by ace Tarik Skubal and a string of gritty performances out of the bullpen.

The Seattle Mariners, for the first time since 2001, are headed to the American League Championship Series. They finished off the Tigers in an epic, 15-inning Game 5 Friday, 3-2, at T-Mobile Park.

Jorge Polanco delivered the walk-off, game-winner, a bases-loaded single off Tommy Kahnle.

Fifteen pitchers were

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