SEATTLE (AP) — Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal turned in a dominant performance in Game 5 of the AL Division Series against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

Skubal stepped up with Detroit trying for the franchise’s first appearance in the AL Championship Series since 2013. He struck out 13 while allowing one run and two hits.

Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer for the Tigers in the sixth, but Leo Rivas tied it at 2 with a pinch-hit RBI single for the Mariners in the seventh.

Skubal, who won the AL Cy Young Award last year, also started Detroit’s 3-2 loss in Game 2. He struck out nine in seven innings, but he surrendered two runs on a pair of solo homers by Jorge Polanco.

He was even better in the series finale.

Seattle jumped in front when Josh Naylor doubled, stole third and sc

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