Clayton Kershaw will not be on the Los Angeles Dodgers' roster for the National League Wild Card Series, manager Dave Roberts said Sunday, a day that also marked the end of the veteran left-hander's 18-year regular-season career.

Roberts confirmed the decision ahead of the best-of-three series, which begins Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers will rely on Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start against the Cincinnati Reds, with Emmet Sheehan and Tyler Glasnow expected to be available in relief.

Kershaw, who has announced he will retire at the end of the season, started Sunday's regular-season finale in Seattle.

The 37-year-old is not being ruled out for later rounds. If the Dodgers advance, he could be added to the NL Division Series roster or used in a bullpen role deeper into October.

An 11-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young winner, Kershaw finishes the regular season with 451 career starts, all for Los Angeles.

On Sunday, Kershaw pitched 5⅓ scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 55th homer of the season — breaking his own franchise record — and Kim Hye-seong and Freddie Freeman also went deep for the National League West champion Dodgers, who finished the regular season with five straight victories.

Kershaw (11-2) allowed four hits, walked one and struck out seven.

After striking out Eugenio Suarez to open the bottom of the sixth, Roberts sent Freeman, the veteran first baseman, to the mound to take Kershaw out of the game. The left-hander left the field to a standing ovation from the sellout crowd at T-Mobile Park and received a curtain call.