DETROIT -- For the second straight year, Tarik Skubal will take the mound in a deciding Game 5 of an AL Division Series. For the fourth time this season, he’ll be trying to solve whatever hex the Mariners put on him.

The Tigers’ 9-3 comeback win in Game 4 set up a winner-take-all scenario Friday night in Seattle for the right to take on the Blue Jays in the ALCS. It was the highest-scoring postseason game for the Tigers since Game 6 of the 1968 World Series, which also set up a winner-take-all game. The Tigers rallied to beat the Cardinals in that series, which should give this team some feeling of good luck.

But the Mariners have history with Skubal this season. They won both of their meetings with him the regular season, then used two Jorge Polanco homers to help survive his ou

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