Iska a Seattle tana ɗauke da wani nau'in wutar lantarki daban a daren yau. Shafin sararin samaniyar yana ta amfani, iskar teku tana ta ratsawa, kuma dukkan hanyoyi suna kaiwa T-Mobile Park don wasan karshe na ALDS Game 5 tsakanin Seattle Mariners da Detroit Tigers.

Ga Mariners, wannan dama ce don sake rubuta tarihi tun lokacin da suka kai ALCS a 2001. Ga Tigers, yana da game da dawo da daukaka, wanda aka gani na karshe a 2013. Kungiyoyi biyu sun yi tafiya ta cikin zafi, sha'awa, gaskiya, da gida da yawa don isa wannan lokacin, kuma yanzu, kowane jefa ƙwallon na iya kama tunanin rashin tabbas na 2025.

Wani abu da kowane mai yin fare ya sani: Wasanni na 5 an gina su ne akan zuciya, matsin lamba, da kuma yadda ake gudanar da aiki. Kuma a yau, wannan yadda ake gudanar da aiki ya dogara ne akan manyan makamai guda biyu, Tarik Skubal da George Kirby.

Idan wannan wasan kwallon kafa ne, bugun zuciyar Detroit zai kasance Tarik Skubal. Mai yiwuwa wanda ya lashe kyautar AL Cy Young Award na 2025, dan wasan kwallon kafa na hagu ya nuna babbar basirarsa a duk kakar tare da iko, daidaituwa, da kwanciyar hankali.

Lambobin postseason na Skubal suna da ƙarfi kamar ƙarfe mai ƙarfi:

Hadin gwiwarsa da Seattle ya fi kadi da dama. Tarik Skubal dan makarantar Seattle University ne, kuma ya koma birnin da ya taba ciyar da mafarkinsa, amma wannan karon, a matsayin abokin hamayya don rusa shi.

A Game 2, ya buga ta hanyar innings 7 kuma ya ba da gudummawa kawai 2 runs, duka daga Jorge Polanco na gida, yana nuna cikakken ikon sarrafawa. Duk da haka, Mariners ne suka zo daga baya a karshen wasan don sace nasara, barin wasu gasa da ba a kammala ba a kan guga. 

A gefen filin wasa akwai George Kirby—mai nutsuwa, kaifi, kuma mai dogaro. Ya kasance jajirtaccen mayakin Mariners; ban da haka, ERA 4.21 ba ya nuna wasu kyawawan abubuwa na lokaci-lokaci da zai iya nuna don taimakawa Mariners su yi nasara a wannan wasan.

A Game 1, Kirby ya yi rajistar strikeouts 8 kuma ya ba da gudummawa kawai 2 runs a innings 5 da aka buga, kuma Mariners sun yi nasara a wasa mai tsauri, 3-2, bayan wasa na 11. Daga baya a daren yau, Kirby zai buga gaban daya daga cikin mafi tsananin masu sauraro a cikin Babban Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa, taron jama'a da ya kasance shekaru da yawa don ganin jin dadin postseason.

Ga Kirby, muhimmin abu zai kasance sarrafawa. Ƙungiyar Tigers masu buga ƙarfi Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson, da Kerry Carpenter sun sami nasara sosai a kan shi, suna haɗuwa don jimillar gidaje 10 a kan shi a cikin 99 at-bats da aka fuskanta. Duk da haka, idan zai iya kiyaye abubuwan bugawa masu karyewa ƙasa da yin sauri, tuntuɓar farko kan jefa ƙwallon a yankin bugawa, zai iya mayar da T-Mobile Park zuwa kagara. 

Bayan wani sakamako mai ban mamaki na Game 4, Tigers sun dawo da tsarin tsaron su lokacin da ya fi mahimmanci. Daga RBIs masu dacewa daga Javier Báez zuwa daidaituwa na Zach McKinstry, Detroit ya yi kama da sake farfadowa tare da ƙungiyar da ke son ci gaba da faɗa, ba mutuwa cikin shiru ba.

Koyaya, Mariners, ba tare da la'akari da ci, har yanzu suna kawo abubuwan da ba za a iya gani ba. Sun yi fashe-fashe a gida (51-30) kuma suna da wadatattun ƙarfin tunani (thermostat) don zama masu haɗari! Lokacin da imani ya kasance a Seattle, zai iya bayyana a cikin fashe-fashen wuta.

Wannan kungiyar tana yin tsarin cin abinci da kuma tattara lokaci na 2-out. Wannan salon ba kawai yana ƙara zuwa rashin nasarar bullpens masu lalacewa ba amma kuma zai iya ƙayyade nasara daga baya a yau.

Seattle yana da layin layin da aka gina akan fashe-fashen iko na kwatsam; lokacin da suka buga shi, sun buga shi. Matsalar ita ce ko za su iya daidaita waɗannan fashe-fashe a kan cikakken iko na Skubal.

Kafin buga kwallon farko, bari mu yi nazarin abubuwan da ake fare a kusa:

Binciken Kwararru: 

Abubuwan da aka nuna suna nuni ga kasa; wannan na iya zama wani ƙarancin 7 gabaɗaya (lura da faɗan wuka tare da manyan masu jefa ƙwallon guda biyu a farkon innings).

Hasashen sun kashe. Fitilar kyamara tana walƙiya. Skubal ya shiga wasan. Jin daɗin taron yana da wutar lantarki, amma kuma yana da damuwa.

• Sakamako na Karshe: Tigers 3, Mariners 2. 

Tigers sun ci gaba zuwa ALCS a karon farko tun 2013, tare da taimakon shugabansu, kwarin gwiwarsu, da kuma masu rike da su. 

Wannan jerin ba kawai wasan kwallon kafa bane; ya kasance wasan kwallon kafa, ilimin halin hankali, dabaru, da kuma labari duka suna faruwa tare. 

Tigers sun nuna jajircewa da yadda kwarin gwiwa ke girma bayan fuskantar kalubale, kuma sun sami damar dawowa bayan rashin jin dadi na Game 4, wanda ke nuna karfin tunaninsu kuma yana da alamar kungiyar postseason da ke dawwama. Asarar za ta yi tsada ga Seattle, amma a karshe tana nuna abin da ke faruwa ga matasa kungiyar. Tare da matasa tsakiya, jerin da aka gwada a postseason, da masu goyon baya da ke zubar da ruwan shudi, taga na wannan kungiyar ta ci gaba da kasancewa a bude. 

Manufofin Ɗan Wasan Prop:

Muna cikin daya daga cikin waɗannan yanayi na "dole ne ku dogara ga shugaban ku," kuma tare da wasan postseason da aka kara wa tsanani, tsarin daidaitawa na Tigers yana shirye don wannan kawai.

Kowace Oktoba tana da labarin ban mamaki, kuma a cikin 2025, wannan labarin ya kasance na Detroit da Seattle—ƙungiyoyi 2 da suka kai ta har zuwa bugun karshe, suna tabbatar da cewa wasan kwallon kafa shine mafi soyayyar wasa. Akwatunan shamfen suna buɗewa a cikin ɗakin taron Tigers, yayin da Mariners ke samun yabo mai tsayawa lokacin da suke fita; yabo mai tsayawa ba don rashin nasara ba ne, amma don tafiya.