4 Takeaways From the Mariners' ALDS Game 3 Win Over the Tigers

There was no home cooking waiting Tuesday night back in Detroit in game three of the ALDS.

The Tigers 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.

Here are my takeaways:

1. Depth of Seattle lineup finally on display

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This is what the Mariners front office envisioned when it bolstered its lineup at the deadline.

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’s not including Eugenio Suarez, who finished the year with 49 homers — the fifth most in MLB — and a 126 OPS+ but was unable to replicate his first-half success in Arizona after getting traded to Seattle.

Still, that power is in there, and it can come in waves. Perhaps Tuesday’s 422-foot blast off Jack Flaherty was a sign of things to come.

Up and down the lineup, a Mariners offense that relied almost exclusively on Julio Rodriguez, Cal Raleigh and Jorge Polanco 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 hit an RBI single. And Raleigh got his first RBI of the series. Josh Naylor had a deep drive that was caught but would have been a home run in 11 parks, including T-Mobile. There’s a lot of players who can hurt you here.

2. Reminders of Detroit’s dismal finish

The Tigers made it to this point despite losing 22 of their final 31 regular season games. They’re one of only two teams (along with