MLB releases NLCS and ALCS start times as Brewers-Dodgers rematch is set

Major League Baseball has released the start times for the League Championship Series, after the Milwaukee Brewers sealed a second straight National League Championship Series meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The best-of-seven NLCS opens at American Family Field on Sunday, 11 October. Game 1 is at 8 p.m. ET, with Game 2 the following evening at 5 p.m. ET. The series moves to Dodger Stadium for Games 3 and 4 on 14 and 15 October (8 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET), with a potential Game 5 at 9 p.m. ET on 16 October and Games 6 and 7 back in Milwaukee at 8 p.m. ET on 18 and 19 October (USA Today).

Milwaukee earned the rematch with a 3-1 win at Petco Park on Thursday night, taking the National League Division Series 3-1 over the San Diego Padres. Jackson Chourio’s go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning proved decisive, and Fernando Tatis Jr.’s game-tying homer — punctuated by a towering bat flip — came in front of 47,712 at Petco Park (New York Post, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

The Brewers, who had baseball’s best record in 2026, will try to avenge last year’s four-game NLCS sweep by a Dodgers side chasing a third consecutive World Series title. In the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays hold home-field advantage against the winner of the Cleveland Guardians-Chicago White Sox Division Series, with the ALCS starting on Monday, 12 October. The World Series begins on Friday, 23 October.