Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners

· ALDS - Game 2

Detroit Tigers

87-75, 41-40 Away

Final
2 - 3

Seattle Mariners

90-72, 51-30 Home

Julio Rodr򍑥z lifts Mariners over Tigers 3-2, Seattle takes Game 2 of ALDS to even series

Julio Rodriguez hits go-ahead RBI double for Mariners

With the game knotted at 2-2 and one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, AL MVP candidate Cal Raleigh doubled with one out. Shortly after, Rodr򍑥z doubled home Raleigh to put the Mariners in front for good.

Closer Andr賠Mu񯺠retired the Tigers in order for the save one night after throwing two innings in a 3-2 loss in 11 innings.

Jorge Polanco homered twice for Seattle.

After going scoreless against Seattle starter Luis Castillo and three Mariners relievers, the Tigers tied the game against Matt Brash in the top of the eighth.

Gleyber Torres worked a leadoff walk, and Riley Greene reached on a fielder’s choice that was misfielded by Seattle first baseman Josh Naylor for an error. Spencer Torkelson followed up with a double into the right-field corner to tie the score at 2-2.

Seattle regained the lead in the bottom of the inning.

Raleigh, who led the majors in home runs this season with 60, lined Kyle Finnegan's pitch into the right-field corner and slid headfirst into second base. Rodr򍑥z followed with a double of his own, sending the sellout crowd of 47,431 at T-Mobile Park into a frenzy.

Polanco got the Mariners on the board with a one-out solo homer over the wall in left center field in the bottom of the fourth inning. He added another one off reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal with two outs in the sixth.

Polanco became the fourth Mariners player with a multi-homer game in the postseason, joining Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Jay Buhner, who all accomplished the feat in 1995.

Skubal, who struck out 14 batters to set the AL record for most strikeouts in a postseason game by a left-handed starter while beating Cleveland in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series, fanned nine across seven innings on Sunday. He limited the Mariners to five hits and walked one.

Castillo, meanwhile, maneuvered through 4 2/3 scoreless innings. In the fifth, he surrendered his first hit of the game, a two-out single by Gleyber Torres that put runners on the corners. But left-hander Gabe Speier was summoned to face Game 1 hero Kerry Carpenter and struck him out to end the inning.

Castillo now has a 1.49 career postseason ERA, having given up four earned runs and 18 hits in 24 1/3 innings while striking out 22 and walking five.

Up next RHP Logan Gilbert starts for Seattle in Game 3 against Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty. Gilbert has one game of postseason experience, having lost Game 1 of the 2022 ALDS against the Astros in Houston. Flaherty is 5-3 with a 5.05 ERA in 11 postseason games.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Meadows grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Báez popped out to second.
	9th Inning	McKinstry struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Muñoz relieved Brash
	9th Inning	Rivas at second base.
	8th Inning	Naylor popped out to second.

Statistics

DET		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	16
36	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.5	Runs Created	4.6
.097	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.129	Slugging Percentage	.500
.194	Secondary Average	.313
.222	On Base Percentage	.273
.351	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.773
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.2
13.0	Batter Rating	31.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.64
.032	Isolated Power	.250
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.139	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
61.8	MLB Rating	81.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0