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SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Julio Rodriguez<\/a> hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning and the Seattle Mariners<\/a> beat the Detroit Tigers<\/a> 3-2 in Game 2 of their AL Division Series on Sunday to even the series. <\/p>\n With the game knotted at 2-2 and one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, AL MVP candidate Cal Raleigh<\/a> doubled with one out. Shortly after, Rodr\u00edguez doubled home Raleigh to put the Mariners in front for good. <\/p>\n Closer Andres Munoz<\/a> retired the Tigers in order for the save one night after throwing two innings in a 3-2 loss in 11 innings. <\/p>\n Jorge Polanco<\/a> homered twice for Seattle.<\/p>\n After going scoreless against Seattle starter Luis Castillo<\/a> and three Mariners relievers, the Tigers tied the game against Matt Brash<\/a> in the top of the eighth.<\/p>\n Gleyber Torres<\/a> worked a leadoff walk, and Riley Greene<\/a> reached on a fielder\u2019s choice that was misfielded by Seattle first baseman Josh Naylor<\/a> for an error. Spencer Torkelson<\/a> followed up with a double into the right-field corner to tie the score at 2-2.<\/p>\n Seattle regained the lead in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n Raleigh, who led the majors in home runs this season with 60, lined Kyle Finnegan’s<\/a> pitch into the right-field corner and slid headfirst into second base. Rodr\u00edguez followed with a double of his own, sending the sellout crowd of 47,431 at T-Mobile Park into a frenzy.<\/p>\n 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<\/a> with two outs in the sixth.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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<\/a> was summoned to face Game 1 hero Kerry Carpenter<\/a> and struck him out to end the inning.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n RHP Logan Gilbert starts for Seattle in Game 3 against Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n