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The Seattle Mariners became the latest team to cash their ticket to the League Championship Series Friday night, defeating the Detroit Tigers, 3-2. They now have a date with the Toronto Blue Jays in a seven-game series to determine the American League champions.
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While Chicago was able to force a Game 5 with a dominant win Thursday, Philadelphia was eliminated from the playoffs.
Just seven teams remain in the chase for the 2025 World Series title following the Toronto Blue Jays' elimination of the New York Yankees on Wednesday.
The Mariners advanced to the ALCS when J.P. Crawford scored the winning run in the bottom of the 15th against the Tigers.
In the 15th inning of a win-or-go-home American League Division Series Game 5, the Seattle Mariners walked it off against the Detroit Tigers to advance to their first American League Championship Series since 2001.
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The Seattle Mariners are the only team to have never played in the World Series. Established in 1977, the Mariners have just six playoff appearances and two ALCS appearances, once in 1995 and another in 2001. Seattle became the final team to never make a World Series in 2007, when the Rockies made their first appearance.
Here are highlights from each of the four Division Series games.