In addition to the four players who were ruled out ahead of Monday’s game, the Seahawks will also be without starting linebacker Jerome Baker due to a hamstring injury.

The Detroit Lions staved off a Seattle Seahawks comeback attempt in a 42-29 win at Ford Field on Monday night. Detroit scored three rushing touchdowns and three more in the air, including a 70-yard touchdown connection between quarterback Jared Goff (who had zero incompletions on the night) and receiver Jameson Williams.

Skubal, 27, anchored the Tigers by registering an 18-4 record with a 2.39 ERA, 35 walks and 228 strikeouts across 192 innings in 31 starts, leading the AL in wins, ERA and strikeouts. The first-time All-Star is going to win the AL Cy Young Award in his fifth MLB season, possibly unanimously. The Tigers had a 21-10 record in Skubal starts.

Kerry Carpenter hit a grand slam in the fifth inning, but the Chicago White Sox gave the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers too much to handle in the final game of the regular season.

Tigers fever has swept across Metro Detroit for Tuesday's Game 1 showdown against the Houston Astros. The big picture: Just as fans settled in for the most-anticipated Lions season in years, the Tigers crashed the fall sports scene with an improbable hot streak that catapulted them into the MLB playoffs for the first time since 2014.

The Houston Astros begin another postseason run Tuesday when they host the Detroit Tigers in the American League wild-card round. The best-of-three series, with all of the games played at Minute Maid Park from Tuesday to Thursday,