SEATTLE — The Toronto Blue Jays will meet their expansion cousins in the American League Championship Series after the Seattle Mariners won the deciding Game 5 of their Division Series with the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in 15 innings on Friday.
Facing a full count, Jorge Polanco hit a single off Tommy Kahnle to score J.P. Crawford. Neither team had scored since Seattle tied the game at 2-2 in the seventh until then.
The best-of-seven American League Championship Series will kick off Sunday with Game 1 at 8:03 p.m. ET in Toronto. The Blue Jays then host Game 2 on Monday before the series switches to Seattle on Wednesday.
The series is a matchup of the top two seeds in the American League. Toronto won the AL East title and finished first in the league with a 94-68 record, while a late surge move