Mariners take Game 3, move to cusp of ALCS

DETROIT -- Cal Raleigh deed a two-run homer, Eugenio Suarez and J.P. Crawford had solo shots and the Seattle Mariners bushed the Detroit Tigers 8-4 connected Tuesday nighttime to instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the AL Division Series.

The Mariners are wrong a triumph of their archetypal AL Championship Series since 2001. Their archetypal accidental to beforehand is connected Wednesday day successful Game 4 astatine Comerica Park and if necessary, different accidental awaits connected Friday backmost successful Seattle for a decisive Game 5.

Seattle's Logan Gilbert gave up 1 tally connected 4 hits portion striking retired 7 and walking nary implicit six innings.

Raleigh, who had a major-league-high 60 homers during the regular season, deed a 391-foot, two-run homer to left-center successful the ninth to marque it 8-1.

The offensively challenged Tigers were constricted to 4 hits and 1 tally done 8 innings earlier abruptly generating immoderate discourtesy successful the ninth against Caleb Ferguson, who allowed 3 runs connected 3 hits and a locomotion without getting an out.

Spencer Torkelson deed a two-run treble and Andy Ibanez followed with an RBI single.

All-Star person Andres Munoz entered with 1 connected and nary outs and ended Detroit's comeback hopes with a flyout and game-ending treble play.

Detroit's Jack Flaherty lasted conscionable 3⅓ innings, allowing 4 runs (three earned) connected 4 hits and 3 walks.

Seattle scored 2 runs successful the 3rd aft starting the inning with 3 hits and a walk.

Victor Robles led disconnected with a treble and scored connected an error, which was credited to near fielder Riley Greene for an errant propulsion that could person been fielded connected a bounce by catcher Dillon Dingler. Randy Arozarena's RBI azygous enactment the Mariners up 2-0.

Suarez sent a 422-foot changeable to near successful the 4th to marque it 3-0. Raleigh's two-out RBI azygous successful the inning gave Seattle a four-run cushion.

The Tigers were hoping their archetypal location crippled successful two-plus weeks mightiness marque them much comfy astatine the plate, but it didn't assistance and they mislaid an eighth consecutive astatine Comerica Park.

Detroit yet scored successful the 5th connected Kerry Carpenter's fielder's prime connected what was perchance an inning-ending treble play. Crawford's propulsion from 2nd basal pulled archetypal baseman Josh Naylor disconnected the container and helium didn't unafraid the shot successful his glove, allowing Dingler to score.

Crawford's homer successful the sixth restored Seattle's four-run lead.

The Tigers allowed the Mariners to people a 2nd unearned tally successful the eighth inning aft Carpenter dropped Victor Robles' alert successful close field, allowing Luke Raley to beforehand to 3rd and to people connected Crawford's sacrifice fly.

Detroit RHP Casey Mize is expected to commencement Game 4 with an accidental to widen the series.

"I look guardant to that opportunity," helium said. "I don't fearfulness that."

Mariners manager Dan Wilson was expected to denote a probable starter for Wednesday aft Game 3.