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LOS ANGELES (4-9) at SEATTLE (8-4-1)Thursday, 8:25 p.m. EST, NBC, NFLNOPENING LINE -- Seahawks by 13RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Rams 4-7-2, Seahawks 6-6-1SERIES RECORD -- Seahawks lead 21-16LAST MEETING -- Rams beat Seahawks 9-3, Sept. 18LAST WEEK -- Rams lost to Falcons 42-14; Seahawks lost to Packers 38-10AP PRO32 RANKING -- Rams No. 29; Seahawks No. 7RAMS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (32), RUSH (30), PASS (29).RAMS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (10), RUSH (20), PASS (9).SEAHAWKS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (13), RUSH (19), PASS (12).SEAHAWKS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (8), RUSH (13), PASS (10).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Seahawks will clinch third NFC West title in past four seasons with victory. ... First game for Rams since firing Jeff Fisher as coach. Special teams coach John Fassel serving as interim head coach. Fassel is son of former NFL coach Jim Fassel. ... Rams have won three straight in series, including 23-17 win in Seattle last season. ... QB Jared Goff making third career road start. He has four TD passes in first two road games. ... Top overall draft pick Goff is winless in first four career starts. ... RB Todd Gurley averaging just 3.3 yards per carry; Gurley averaged 4.8 yards per carry as rookie. Hes yet to top 85 yards rushing in game. ... WR Kenny Britt needs 63 yards receiving for first 1,000-yard season of career. ... Status of DE Robert Quinn in question after missing past two games with concussion. ... DT Aaron Donald has four sacks and forced fumble in five career games vs. Seahawks. ... ... LB Alec Ogletree fourth in NFL with 117 tackles. He has 11 or more tackles in three of past four games. ... Seahawks NFLs only unbeaten team at home ... Seahawks loss last week to Packers was worst since 2011. First time Seahawks lost by more than 10 points since Russell Wilson became QB. ... Wilsons five interceptions vs. Packers were career high. ... Wilson has 23 TD passes and four interceptions at home since start of 2015 season. ... Seahawks averaging 163.4 yards per game rushing in past four weeks. ... TE Jimmy Graham has TD catch in past three home games. ... Seahawks have fallen to fourth in scoring defense at 17.8 points per game. They have led league in scoring defense each of past four seasons. ... Seahawks have one sack in past three games and just five in past five games. ... DE Cliff Avril ranks fourth in NFC with 10 sacks. ... LB Bobby Wagner leads NFL with 139 tackles and needs 15 to tie franchise single-season record. ... Seahawks allowed 150.8 passer rating to Aaron Rodgers last week, highest allowed under Pete Carroll. ... CB Richard Sherman tied for second in NFC with four interceptions. Fantasy Tip: If you own Seahawks defense, this is week to start it. 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Detroit missed the playoffs for the second year in a row after four straight postseason appearances that included a trip to the World Series in 2012.When you start spring training, your goal is to get to the postseason, said Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, whose team won 12 more games than a year ago. We didnt, so were very disappointed.Detroit needed to win, hope that either Baltimore or Toronto lost, and then win a makeup game against Cleveland on Monday in order to force a tiebreaker for an AL wild card.I would not have enjoyed the travel, Ausmus said, but I would have relished traveling.Detroit lost its second straight against the last-place Braves. With a runner aboard in the ninth, Justin Upton was called out on strikes to end the game.It didnt matter, anyway, as both the Orioles and the Blue Jays won.We were dead in the water in a lot of peoples minds, Ausmus said. The guys played hard and continued to play hard all the way through the last game.Atlanta was never a playoff contender but is feeling a lot better about its prospects heading to SunTrust Park. After an 18-46 start that included the firing of manager Fredi Gonzalez, the Braves went 50-47 the rest of the way under interim manager Brian Snitker, who might have done enough to keep the job in 2017.We feel really good walking out of here, Snitker said. I dont know how we could end the season any better to build momentum for next year.Clearly inspired by the Turner Field finale, Teheran (7-10) went seven innings, giving up three hits and a walk before a sellout crowd of 51,220 that included former President Jimmy Carter and Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz, who threw out ceremonial first pitches in unison.When Teheran took the mound, he did a pretty good impression of those three in their prime.The emotions I was feeling on the mound were unbelievable, Teheran said. Everybody was excited. Im glad that I had my stuff. It couldnt be any better than that.Verlander (16-9) allowed six hitts in seven innings, walked one intentionally and struck out eight.dddddddddddd Most days, it would have been good enough to win. But one run was all the Braves needed.Ender Inciarte led off the Atlanta first with a single to left center, and raced around to third when Adonis Garcia followed with another hit. Freeman brought home the run by flying out to center.I was just a little out of sync there to start the game, Verlander said. I settled down from there but too little, too late at that point. Who would have known that?Atlanta had a chance to pad its lead in the sixth. Garcia started things with a single, stole second and made it to third on an errant throw by catcher James McCann.Verlander buckled down, getting Freeman on an infield pop and striking out Matt Kemp. After Nick Markakis was intentionally walked, Verlander fanned Tyler Flowers to end the inning.The Tigers only real threat off Teheran came in the second, when J.D. Martinez singled and Nick Castellanos walked with one out. McCann struck out and Jose Iglesias popped out to the shortstop.Jim Johnson, who agreed to a two-year contract extension before the game, worked around a hit in the ninth for his 20th save in 23 chances.Then it was on to a postgame ceremony that included the removal of home plate, which was taken by Hank Aaron and team chairman Terry McGuirk on a police-escorted ride to SunTrust Park.Thats the way we all wanted to finish and close this book, Teheran said. Im proud of myself and the job that I did.BIG CROWDThe third sellout of the season at Turner Field pushed the season attendance to 2,020,914, ensuring the Braves drew at least 2 million fans in each of their 20 seasons at the ballpark.Still, it was their second-lowest season attendance at the Ted (the team drew 2,001,392 a year ago) and a far cry from the first season in 1997, when Atlanta attracted 3,464,488 for an NL East-winning team.TRAINING ROOMDetroit OF Ty Collins tripped on a sprinkler head during batting practice Saturday, leaving him with a sprained ankle. He didnt play in the season finale.UP NEXTThe Tigers open the 2017 season at the Chicago White Sox on April 3.The Braves also begin next season April 3, facing the Mets in New York. The first game at SunTrust Park is set for April 14 against the San Diego Padres. ' ' '