The Mariners are going to entrust a closeout game in the hands of this third-year starting pitcher that hasn't been very good this year.

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DETROIT — Sitting in the front row in left field at Comerica Park to watch the Mariners take on the Tigers, longtime M’s fan Jameson Turner came prepared with homemade end-of-season shirts for Cal Raleigh that said “Dump 61 Here.”

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Ahead of the club’s season finale on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, the Dodgers announced via manager Dave Roberts that Smith recovered “fine” after swinging yesterday, but he needs to progress to live at-bats tomorrow in order to be activated in time on Tuesday (h/t MLB.com’s Sonja Chen).

In the other ALDS game of the day, the Mariners came out of a three-hour rain delay, the Mariners got down to business and took down the Tigers, holding on to an 8-4 victory thanks to home runs from Eugenio Suárez,

All-Star Javier Baez continued his miraculous comeback season with a home run and four RBIs as Detroit Tigers Game 4 rally vs Mariners forces Game 5.

It won’t count toward a new career high, of course, but Eugenio Suárez made it to 50 home runs. The Mariners’ third baseman, who slugged 49 in the regular season for the second time in his career, unloaded on a Flaherty fastball in the fourth inning, blasting it 422 feet into the left field seats above the bullpens.