T-Mobile Park had only seen one playoff game in the past 24 years before Saturday night. While that game lasted 18 innings and ended with a Mariners loss, this time the game was only a little kinder, wrapping up in 11 innings in the Seattle Mariners’ 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers lived up to their billing against George Kirby’s blazing fastball and the Mariners’ tough bullpen. Now that the Tigers have won the home-field advantage with the win, they will have the best weapon on the mound for the Mariners.

The Detroit Tigers gave rookie Troy Melton a start for Game 1. Now, for the next game, falling on Sunday at Comerica Park at the end of what has become a two-week road trip, the Tigers will have their $400 million pitcher, Tarik Skubal , to play the Mariners.

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