Tigers edge Mariners in extra innings in ALDS Game One thriller

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM GAME ONE OF AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES BETWEEN SEATTLE MARINERS AND DETROIT TIGERS RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 4, 2025) (MLB – See restrictions) TOP 1ST 1. MARINERS STARTER GEORGE KIRBY STRIKES OUT TIGERS SPENCER TORKELSON, HIS 3RD STRIKEOUT TO END HALF INNING 2. KIRBY WALKING BACK TOP 2ND 3. KIRBY STRIKES OUT ZACH MCKINSTRY 4. CUTAWAY OF KIRBY / MARINERS FANS COUNTING KIRBY STRIKEOUTS  BOTTOM 4TH 5. MARINERS JULIO RODRIGUEZ HITS SOLO HOME RUN TO CENTER FIELD TO TAKE 1-0 LEAD 6. REPLAY / RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATING TOP 5TH 7. TIGERS KERRY CARPENTER HITS 2-RUN HOME RUN TO RIGHT CENTER FIELD / PARKER MEADOWS SCORES TO GIVE DETROIT TIGERS 2-1 LEAD 8. REPLAY / CARPENTER CELEBRATING BOTTOM 6TH 9. RODRIGUEZ SINGLES ON A LINE DRIVE TO RIGHT FIELDER KERRY CARPENTER / RANDY AROZARENA SCORES TO LEVEL SCORE AT 2-2  10. REPLAYS X 2 11. VARIOUS OF RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATING TOP 8TH 12. MARINERS’ RELIEVER MATT BRASH STRIKES OUT DILLON DINGLER 13. MARINERS’ FANS CELEBRATING 14. REPLAY TOP 10TH 15. MARINERS’ RELIEVER ANDRES MUNOZ STRIKES OUT RILEY GREENE, CELEBRATING TOP 11TH 16. TIGERS ZACH MCKINSTRY SINGLES ON A GROUND BALL TO CENTER FIELDER JULIO RODRIGUEZ / SPENCER TORKELSON SCORES TO GIVE TIGERS 3-2 LEAD 17. VARIOUS REACTIONS NEAR TIGERS’ DUGOUT INCLUDING CARPENTER   18. REPLAY BOTTOM 11TH 19. TIGERS RELIEVER KEIDER MONTERO SECURES THE SAVE FOR TIGERS AS JOSH NAYLOR GROUNDS OUT TO FIRST BASEMAN SPENCER TORKELSON FOR 3RD AND FINAL OUT TO END GAME 20. VARIOUS OF TIGERS CELEBRATIONS AFTER 3-2 VICTORY STORY: Zach McKinstry's broken-bat RBI single with two outs in the top of the 11th inning broke a tie as the Detroit Tigers defeated hosts Seattle Mariners 3-2 Saturday (October 4) night in the opener of their best-of-five American League Division Series. Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer for the Tigers, who are set to send ace Tarik Skubal to the mound in Game 2 on Sunday. Will Vest (1-0) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the victory and Keider Montero worked the 11th for the first save of his career. Julio Rodriguez homered and had a run-scoring single for the Mariners. Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh both went 3-for-5, but the rest of Seattle's lineup was 0-for-28. Five Mariners relievers combined for five hitless innings before Carlos Vargas (0-1) walked Spencer Torkelson leading off the 11th. Torkelson took second on a wild pitch, then after Munoz struck out the next two, scored on McKinstry's first-pitch single up the middle, just out of the reach of diving shortstop J.P. Crawford. Rodriguez broke a scoreless tie, leading off the fourth with a homer to straightaway center field on a 2-2 fastball from Tigers starter Troy Melton. Detroit answered in the fifth as Parker Meadows hit a one-out single to right and Carpenter launched a 1-2 sinker from Mariners starter George Kirby over the fence in right an out later. It was Carpenter's fifth hit in 11 career at-bats against Kirby — all home runs. The Mariners tied it in the sixth off reliever Rafael Montero. Randy Arozarena drew a leadoff walk and Raleigh singled to right-center, sending Arozarena to third. Rodriguez lined a single to right to make it 2-2. Tyler Holton entered and got Josh Naylor to ground into a double play and Jorge Polanco to line out to right to end the inning. Kirby allowed two runs on six hits over five innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out eight. Melton, a rookie making his fifth career start, went four innings and gave up one run on two hits. The righty walked one and fanned four. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo) More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen

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