SEATTLE -- The Detroit Tigers just clawed their way through Cleveland. The Seattle Mariners have been waiting nearly two weeks, and more than two decades, for a chance like this.

The Tigers open their best-of-five American League Division Series on Saturday at 8:38 p.m. Eastern at T-Mobile Park.

While the Tigers struggled to the finish line in the regular season and then endured a hard-fought Wild Card Series in Cleveland, the Mariners were resting. Quite a bit, in fact.

Seattle won 16 of 17 games to clinch the AL West on Sept. 24. They then got a breather at the end of the regular season, followed by another break during the Wild Card Series thanks to their No. 2 seed and first-round bye.

While the Tigers’ backs have been against the wall, the Mariners have been waiting patiently for

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