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Tigers Roar Past Mariners in Game 1 of 2025 MLB Playoffs
6 Oct, 2025
Summary
- Tigers win Game 1 over Mariners in 2025 ALDS
- Tarik Skubal, 2-time Cy Young winner, pitches 7⅔ innings of one-run ball
- Tigers defeat Guardians in Wild Card series to advance to ALDS
The Detroit Tigers have taken a 1-0 series lead over the Seattle Mariners in the 2025 MLB playoffs. In Game 1 on Saturday, Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, the presumptive 2-time Cy Young Award winner, pitched 7⅔ innings of one-run ball, striking out a franchise-tying playoff-high 14 batters. The Tigers won the game 2-1 to take the early advantage in the best-of-five ALDS matchup.
The Tigers had previously defeated the Guardians 6-3 in Game 3 of the Wild Card series to advance to the ALDS for the second straight season. Now, they will look to build on their momentum as they take on the Mariners, who won the AL West and earned a bye to the divisional round.
Game 2 of the Tigers-Mariners series is scheduled for Sunday, October 5th, at 8:03 PM ET in Seattle. Skubal will take the mound again for the Tigers, while the Mariners will counter with their own ace, Luis Castillo, in his 2025 postseason debut.
