SEATTLE -- A.J. Hinch has been here before.

That’s not a reference to T-Mobile Park, though the Tigers were just here last weekend. It’s a reference to a win-or-go-home playoff game.

While the Tigers will send Tarik Skubal to the mound in Game 5 of a Division Series for a second straight year, Hinch’s history with these types of games goes much deeper.

His managerial tenure with the Astros was dotted with deciding games in the postseason, even before they became champions. He has learned the urgency with which moves are made, what happens when a season is on the line and how, no matter how well-planned moves can be, these games always come with randomness that can swing one way or another.

“I think experience always helps,” Hinch told reporters on Thursday in Seattle when asked about

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