Say what you want about the history of the Seattle Mariners, but the franchise has never lost a winner-take-all postseason game. They’ll put that on the line at home against the Detroit Tigers in Game 5 of the ALDS tonight.

George Kirby to start Game 5 with all hands on deck for Mariners

You are probably familiar with the history. Perhaps you have even heard that they came back to win a decisive Game 5 in 1995 with their current hitting guru (some guy named Edgar Martinez) coming up with a clutch double to score a little known center fielder named Ken Griffey Jr. all the way from first base.

A few years later, the 2001 Mariners needed five games to dispatch with Cleveland before eventually falling in the ALCS to the Yankees.

They hadn’t won the division since that historic season… at l

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