SEATTLE — Two swings changed everything.

Veteran second baseman Jorge Polanco hit a pair of solo home runs off Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, powering the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night at T-Mobile Park and evening the American League Division Series at one game apiece.

Polanco broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a line-drive homer to left field on a 2-0 slider that caught too much of the plate. His second came with two outs in the sixth, a 3-2 fastball he drilled down the left-field line.

Polanco is the first player in more than four years to homer twice in a game off Skubal, regular season or postseason. The last to do so was Paul Goldschmidt on Aug. 25, 2021. Pedro Severino (July 30, 2021) and Jorge Soler (July 25, 2021) also achieve

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