The Seattle Mariners won an instant classic, and the Detroit Tigers lost a heartbreaker Friday night at T-Mobile Park. The Mariners, thanks to Jorge Polanco's 15th-inning walk-off single, won Game 5 of the ALDS ( SEA 3, DET 2 ) and advanced to the ALCS. They'll take on the Toronto Blue Jays when that series begins Sunday. The Tigers have to make the long flight home.

Long before Polanco's walk-off single, Tigers ace and reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal was brilliant, striking out 13 Mariners in six innings of one-run ball. The 13 strikeouts are the most ever in a winner-take-all game, and at one point Skubal struck out eight consecutive batters. That is also a postseason record.

"It's incredible. He kick-started us in such a good direction. He missed a ton at-bats,"

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