Overview
- Seattle evened the series 1-1 with a 3-2 Game 2 win at T-Mobile Park, sending the ALDS to Detroit tied.
- Jorge Polanco hit two solo shots off Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, staking an early 2-0 lead for the Mariners.
- Polanco became the fourth Mariner with a two-homer playoff game, joining Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Jay Buhner.
- He is the first player since Paul Goldschmidt in 2021 to homer twice off Skubal, who recorded a 2.21 ERA this season and won the 2024 AL Cy Young.
- Julio Rodríguez drove in Cal Raleigh with a go-ahead double in the eighth, and Seattle pitchers limited Detroit to three hits.