On a night the Mariners needed to be unbelievable, Luis Castillo was nearly untouchable.

‘The Rock’ chose a picture-perfect Seattle evening to be as solid and unyielding as his longtime nickname suggests. The city’s postseason hopes hung in the balance with Tigers ace Tarik Skubal looming in the visitor’s dugout, but Castillo rose to the occasion — retiring as many as nine consecutive Detroit hitters, touching 97 miles per hour with his four-seamer and generating 13 whiffs that recharged the energy from a sellout crowd.

Skubal posted seven strong innings, but Jorge Polanco launched two solo home runs and Julio Rodriguez delivered a go-ahead, RBI double in the eighth — the catalysts for an all-important, 3-2 win over Detroit in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

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