The Dodgers are heading into the NLCS with a little extra rest and a lot of attention on how this rematch with Milwaukee unfolds.
Los Angeles closed out the Braves with a 4-1 win in Game 4 of the NLDS, which bought the club an extra day off before the best-of-seven series begins Sunday evening. That reset matters, especially with the rotation lined up to send Tarik Skubal to the mound in Game 1 against the Brewers’ likely NL Cy Young award-winner, Jacob Misiorowski.
Misiorowski didn’t have his cleanest outing in the NLDS opener against the Padres. He lasted just four innings, threw 88 pitches, and allowed two runs.
Even so, the Brewers are not a team to brush aside. They finished the regular season as the winningest club in the sport, one victory ahead of the Dodgers, and while they didn’t sweep San Diego, they looked in control for most of that series.
Here’s the full 2026 NLCS schedule, with start times and broadcast info:
Game 1 at Brewers - October 11, 5 PM PST - FOX, FOX One, FOX Deportes, Fubo
Game 2 at Brewers - October 12, 2 PM PST - FOX, FS1, FOX One, FOX Deportes, Fubo
Game 3 at Dodgers - October 14, 5 PM PST - FS1, FOX One, FOX Deportes, Fubo
Game 4 at Dodgers - October 15, 6 PM PST - FS1, FOX One, FOX Deportes, Fubo
Game 5 at Dodgers, if necessary - October 16, 6 PM PST - FS1, FOX One, Fox Deportes, Fubo
Game 6 at Brewers, if necessary - October 18, 5 PM PST - FS1, FOX One, Fox Deportes, Fubo
Game 7 at Brewers, if necessary - October 19, 5 PM PST
FOX Sports and its affiliates will carry the Dodgers’ October run, with Joe Davis expected to be on the call with John Smoltz. Davis missed a few NLDS games because of illness, but he’s still expected to handle the broadcast, a setup that already has Brewers fans grumbling.
Milwaukee has leaned into the underdog role before. Last year, manager Pat Murphy kept hammering that point, even tossing out a line to reporters along the lines of, "I bet the Dodgers couldn't name five players on this team," before trimming that number down each time he repeated it. That script lost some of its edge after the Brewers were swept out of the NLCS around this time last season, and that memory will hang over this matchup.
Still, this is not the same Milwaukee club. The Brewers finished 2025 six games better than their 97-win mark from the previous year, and if anyone is positioned to stop the Dodgers from a three-peat, it’s them.
Los Angeles has its own issues. In the nine runs it put up against Atlanta, only two came on a base hit; the rest came via the long ball.
But when a series starts to turn into a pitching battle, the Dodgers like their chances. A fresh Skubal, Blake Snell, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto gives them a formidable edge against a fresh Misiorowski, and that’s a pretty strong place to start.
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