Few could have predicted just how well the Jorge Polanco signing would work out for the Seattle Mariners this season. Polanco was more than a little underwhelm

After nearly five hours and 15 innings, Jorge Polanco broke a 24-year drought to send the Seattle Mariners to the AL Championship Series.

TORONTO -- Every so often in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse, the "Top Gun Anthem," full of soaring guitar notes and pick-me-up vibes, will randomly blast from inside a locker. Everyone knows the culprit. Jorge Polanco, the Mariners' veteran second baseman, is not a fan of silencing his phone.

A late winter bet turns historic as Jorge Polanco stacks clutch, late go-ahead hits to fuel Seattle’s October run.

I don’t know what to say, man,' Polanco said after Monday's Game 2 win. 'I’m clutch, but I’m just trying to keep it simple.'

Seattle Mariners infielder Jorge Polanco brought an end to a long winner-take-all Game 5, walking off the Detroit Tigers in 15 innings.

Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.

The Seattle Mariners are headed to the ALCS to face Toronto after beating Detroit 3-2 with a walk-off single in the 15th inning of Game 5 of the ALDS. Jorge Polanco drove home the game-winning run, scoring J.P. Crawford. Polanco was 0-for-5 with three strikeouts in the game before coming through in the 15th inning.