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SEATTLE – How do you get back to a place in the Major League Baseball playoffs where you haven’t been in more than two decades?

The Seattle Mariners decided to go with the starting pitcher that had an extra day of rest over the one with a little more overall experience in Friday’s elimination game at T-Mobile Park.

SEATTLE – From his time managing in the AL West earlier in his career, A.J. Hinch knows how long it takes to visit this little corner of the country.

DETROIT – After Tigers left fielder Riley Greene grounded out weakly to end the fourth inning Wednesday, boos broke the resigned silence. Detroit had dropped eight consecutive games at Comerica Park, dating all the way back to Sept. 6. They had managed two stray singles in four efficient innings from Bryce Miller, as the Mariners crept closer to a convincing series win. The lack of belief was especially evident in the upper deck, where rows of green seats were left unoccupied.

SEATTLE – Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said it best Wednesday night after the Tigers’ come-from-behind victory over the Mariners forced a do-or-die Game 5 in the American League Division Series.

DETROIT – The stakes are simple for the Seattle Mariners.

DETROIT – Three cameras and a dozen reporters circled around Gabe Speier in a brightly lit hallway inside the Comerica Park visitors’ clubhouse, some 20 minutes after the Mariners’ 9-3 loss to the Tigers in Game 4 of the ALDS.

Here are three instant impressions after the Mariners’ 9-3 loss to the Tigers in Game 4 to even their American League Division Series at 2-2 and set up a deciding Game 5 on Friday at T-Mobile Park:

DETROIT – While the Mariners, specifically Dan Wilson, waited to make it public until after Tuesday’s 8-4 win over the Tigers at Comerica Field, Bryce Miller has known he was going to start Game 4 of the American League Division Series for a while now.

DETROIT – His splitfinger fastball – statistically one of the best strikeout pitches in all of Major League Baseball – was fired with complete conviction and cruel intentions.

DETROIT — After a rain delay, the Seattle Mariners’ ALDS Game 3 versus the Tigers in Detroit started at 4 p.m.