The Detroit Tigers earned some respect, even if they lost to the Seattle Mariners and fell short of the American League Championship Series.

The Tigers of 2025 will be remembered for blowing a record 15 1/2-game lead to the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central, but they also didn't let that unfortunate truth end their season. Staving off elimination multiple times, the Tigers came back to beat the Guardians in the AL Wild Card round, and they kept pushing the Mariners to the brink in Game 5 of the AL Division Series.

They just couldn't get the one more hit they needed to extend their season, falling 3-2 to the Mariners in 15 innings Friday night.

In the grand scheme of baseball postseason history, Tigers-Mariners was perhaps as frustrating as it was exhilarating. A little less suffer

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