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Another day, another win-or-go-home Game 5 in the 2025 MLB playoffs! With the American League Division Series decided in an epic finale, the National League Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers comes down to one last meeting tonight at American Family Field.
ALCS: No. 2 Seattle Mariners vs. No. 1 Toronto Blue Jays How they got here. Mariners: Having won the AL West for the first time since 2001, the Mariners secured a bye to the ALDS
The Brewers won the first two games at home and looked to be breezing towards a sweep, but the Cubs came back to take Games 3 and 4 at Wrigley Field and send the series back to Milwaukee for the decider. The winner advances to the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which begins Monday in Milwaukee or Los Angeles.
The Tigers mounted a comeback against the Mariners in the day's opening game, keeping their season alive and forcing an ALDS Game 5 on Friday night. The Cubs staved off their own elimination with a Game 3 win over the rival Brewers, and the Phillies blew out the Dodgers to avoid an NLDS sweep.
The Detroit Tigers lost to the Seattle Mariners in MLB's longest-ever winner-take-all playoff game in Game 5 of the ALDS on Jorge Polanco's single.
The host Mariners defeated the Tigers in 15 innings to win the ALDS and advance to an ALCS matchup with the Blue Jays.
In the other ALDS game of the day, the Mariners came out of a three-hour rain delay, the Mariners got down to business and took down the Tigers, holding on to an 8-4 victory thanks to home runs from Eugenio Suárez,
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