{"id":208216,"date":"2025-10-08T04:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T04:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/208216\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T04:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T04:24:09","slug":"4-takeaways-from-the-mariners-alds-game-3-win-over-the-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/208216\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Takeaways From the Mariners’ ALDS Game 3 Win Over the Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rowan <\/a> <\/p>\n

There was no home cooking waiting Tuesday night back in Detroit in game three of the ALDS.<\/p>\n

The Tigers<\/a> still have not won a home game since Sept. 6 and now find their season on the brink after a late rally came up short in an 8-4 loss to the Mariners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are my takeaways:<\/p>\n

1. Depth of Seattle lineup finally on display<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Duane Burleson\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n

This is what the Mariners front office envisioned when it bolstered its lineup at the deadline.<\/p>\n

The depth of this offense is what really separates it from previous iterations of Seattle teams. The Mariners had eight different players with at least 100 plate appearances this year who hit at least 10% better than league average (110 OPS+), tied for the most in the majors. That\u2019s not including Eugenio Suarez<\/a>, who finished the year with 49 homers \u2014 the fifth most in MLB<\/a> \u2014 and a 126 OPS+ but was unable to replicate his first-half success in Arizona after getting traded to Seattle.<\/p>\n

Still, that power is in there, and it can come in waves. Perhaps Tuesday\u2019s 422-foot blast off Jack Flaherty<\/a> was a sign of things to come.<\/p>\n

Up and down the lineup, a Mariners offense that relied almost exclusively on Julio Rodriguez<\/a>, Cal Raleigh<\/a> and Jorge Polanco<\/a> through the first two games of the ALDS got plenty more contributions. J.P Crawford homered and started the scoring with a single. Randy Arozarena<\/a> hit an RBI single. And Raleigh got his first RBI of the series. Josh Naylor<\/a> had a deep drive that was caught but would have been a home run in 11 parks, including T-Mobile. There\u2019s a lot of players who can hurt you here.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Reminders of Detroit\u2019s dismal finish<\/p>\n

The Tigers made it to this point despite losing 22 of their final 31 regular season games. They\u2019re one of only two teams (along with the 2000 Yankees) to go 3-13 in their final 16 games and make the postseason.<\/p>\n

Needless to say\u2026it had not been going well. And Tuesday\u2019s blunders were a reminder of that late-season tumble.<\/p>\n

The Mariners\u2019 first run scored Tuesday when Crawford flared a single into shallow left field. Victor Robles wasn\u2019t going to go home\u2026until presented the opportunity. Riley Greene<\/a> threw home, Zach McKinstry didn\u2019t cut it off, and the ball trickled through catcher Dillon Dingler<\/a>\u2019s legs. Robles took off and beat the throw from Jack Flaherty, who was backing up.<\/p>\n

The Mariners added an insurance run in the eighth after Kerry Carpenter<\/a> dropped a fly ball in right field. In addition to the offensive outage for most of the night and a short start from Flaherty \u2014 the Tigers may come to regret their lack of impact moves at the deadline \u2014 the defense did not help.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Mike Mulholland\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The stars \u2014 and starters \u2014 are paying off \u2026 for one side<\/p>\n

The Mariners\u2019 rotation dealt with injuries throughout the year that prevented that unit from being the indomitable force many expected to see, but Seattle\u2019s starters are healthy at the right time and giving them an ALDS edge.<\/p>\n

George Kirby<\/a>, Luis Castillo<\/a> and Logan Gilbert<\/a> have combined to allow three runs in 15.2 innings of work this series after Gilbert\u2019s six innings of one-run ball in Game 3 put the Mariners one win away from advancing.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Mariners\u2019 offensive stars are putting on a show. Raleigh is 6-for-13 in the ALDS and put the finishing touches on Tuesday\u2019s onslaught with his first home run of the playoffs \u2014 and 61st of 2025. (Speaking of\u2026we\u2019ll get back to that later). Rodriguez, meanwhile, was the star of Game 2.<\/p>\n

The same can\u2019t be said on the other side. Riley Greene is 2-for-12 without an RBI this series. Carpenter had the big home run in Game 1, but it\u2019s his only hit of the series. And after Tarik Skubal<\/a>, this rotation lacks the same caliber of arms that the Mariners possess.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Duane Burleson\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n

4. Late rally not enough<\/p>\n

Spencer Torkelson<\/a> has had some big moments the last two games and tried to get a rally started in the ninth, but unlike his two-run double in Game 2, this one was too little too late.<\/p>\n

The hole the Tigers dug themselves was too deep, and the Mariners are now just one win away from advancing to the ALCS for the first time since 2001.<\/p>\n

That year, the Mariners also dropped the first game of the series before coming back to advance.<\/p>\n

4 \u00bd Dump here<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way\u2026<\/p>\n

When Raleigh continued to pour it on for the Mariners with his homer in the ninth \u2014 his 61st of the season \u2014 the ball bounced into the visiting bullpen and up into the stands. In a sea of white and blue and orange, a man in Mariners green reached out and grabbed it.<\/p>\n

What did his shirt read? “Dump here. 61.”<\/p>\n

Rowan Kavner<\/a>\u00a0is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014. Follow him on X at\u00a0@RowanKavner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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