SEATTLE -- They are the faces of the franchise and on whose shoulders that the Mariners have staked their present and future, players who are already on their way to superstardom and who could reach heights of perpetuity in this region if this playoff run ends with a parade.

Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez, the blue-collar catcher who crushes 60 homers and the five-tool center fielder who loves the spotlight. They make a dynamic duo at the top of the Mariners’ lineup, and they delivered in a huge way on Sunday night.

Raleigh yanked a double into the right-field corner with one out in the eighth inning then Rodríguez allowed for him to race home by going full alley-oop with a double of his own, this one into left field. Those back-to-back knocks answered a tense Tigers rally a half-inning

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