Seattle ― Tarik Skubal is looking to make travel plans for Toronto.

Along the way, he made major-league history.

Skubal, the Tigers ace left-hander, struck out seven batters in a row in Game 5 of the American League Division Series game against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Friday night. The seven in a row is an MLB postseason record.

The previous record was six in a row, done by eight different pitchers.

Skubal struck out 13 (another record) through the first six innings. The Tigers led, 2-1, after the top of the sixth, on a two-run home run by Kerry Carpenter off Mariners left-handed reliever Gabe Speier.

The previous record for strikeouts in a winner-take-all postseason game was 12.

The winner of Friday night's game advances to the AL Championship Series, to play the Blue Jays

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