Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times

SEATTLE — That was the only way this could end if the scriptwriters had any sense.

No other outcome was feasible if the baseball gods had a code.

So many times throughout the evening it looked as though the Tigers were going to leave T-Mobile Park pin-drop quiet. Instead, the Mariners had their mic-drop moment.

In the bottom of the 15th inning — in the longest winner-take-all game in MLB history — Jorge Polanco delivered a one-out single that scored J.P. Crawford and gave Seattle a 3-2 victory over Detroit in Game 5 of the ALDS. After a buffet of missed opportunities in that four hour and 58 minute contest, the M's finally came through to advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2001.

The 47,025 fans never stopped beli

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