The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers began their National League Championship Series matchup at American Family Field with Game 1 on Monday and Game 2 the following night.
The Brewers not only secured home-field advantage in the NLCS, but throughout the postseason by virtue of finishing with the best record in MLB.
Now the NLCS shifts to Dodger Stadium for up to three games this weekend. The second leg of the series begins on Thursday and carries through Saturday, if necessary.
First pitch in Game 3 is scheduled for 3:08 p.m. PT on Thursday, Oct. 16. There is a later start time with Game 4 on Friday, Oct. 17, beginning in the 5 o’clock window.
If the ALCS between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays ends in a sweep, Game 4 of the NLCS would move up from 5:38 p.m. to a 5:08 p.m. first pitch at Dodger Stadium.
Should the NLCS reach a Game 5, that is scheduled to begin at 5:08 p.m.
This meeting between the Brewers and Dodgers is their third in the postseason all-time. The first took place in 2018 and the most recent in 2020, with the Dodgers eventually reaching the World Series each year.
It’s also the second NLCS meeting between the two sides, with the first coming in 2018. That series went the full seven games and ended with a 5-1 Dodgers win, sending them to a World Series matchup against the Boston Red Sox.
Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani will start the first two NLCS games at Dodger Stadium.
NLCS start times at Dodger Stadium & schedule
Game 1: Dodgers 2, Brewers 1 (American Family Field)
Game 2: Dodgers 5, Brewers 1 (American Family Field)
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 16, 3:08 p.m., Dodger Stadium (TBS/truTV/HBO Max)
Game 4: Friday, Oct. 17, 5:38 p.m. (or 5:08 p.m.), Dodger Stadium (TBS/truTV/HBO Max)
Game 5*: Saturday, Oct. 18, 5:08 p.m., Dodger Stadium (TBS/truTV/HBO Max)
Game 6*: Monday, Oct. 20, 2:08 p.m. (or 5:08 p.m.), American Family Field (TBS/truTV/HBO Max)
Game 7*: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 5:08 p.m., American Family Field (TBS/truTV/HBO Max)
*if necessary
Note: If there is no Game 7 in the ALCS, then NLCS Game 6 would move to 5:08 p.m.
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