By DAVE HOGG The Associated Press
DETROIT — Riley Greene and Javier Báez homered in a four-run sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers kept their season alive with a 9-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
The Tigers forced a winner-take-all Game 5 by winning at Comerica Park for the first time in more than a month. They went 0-8 after Tarik Skubal’s 6-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sept. 6, including Seattle’s 8-4 win on Tuesday.
The decisive game of the series will be Friday in Seattle, with Skubal facing George Kirby.
“One of the easiest and most exciting things I get to do is hand the ball to the best pitcher in baseball,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “We’re getting on a plane across the country with a lot of opt