This is it, friends. The Tigers’ last stand, their last chance to pull out all the punches and make it happen. In the early part of the 2025 season, I think we saw the postseason shaping up differently, with the Tigers leading the entire American League for a good chunk of the year, anticipated to be heading right to the ALDS in the top seed, but then the slow decline happened and they needed to fight tooth and nail just to get to the postseason, and then through the Wild Card series. On Wednesday, they showed they weren’t ready to yield to the Mariners in a tremendous Game Four effort, so now it’s all on the line in Game Five. Choosing Tarik Skubal for the start was a no-brainer decision for AJ Hinch, and the Mariners turned to George Kirby.

Kerry Carpenter opened the game with a single

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