Major League Baseball has locked in the start times for the League Championship Series, and the National League gets the first turn on Sunday evening before the American League opens Monday, October 12.
In the NLCS, the Dodgers and Brewers are back at it again. Los Angeles knocked out the Atlanta Braves in four games in the NLDS, and now it will meet Milwaukee for the second straight year.
This is the third NLCS matchup between the two clubs in the last nine years, with a 2020 wild card series in the middle. Milwaukee enters with home-field advantage after finishing with an MLB-best 103 wins.
The ALCS is already partly set. The Tampa Bay Rays are in and waiting on the winner of the Division Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians.
There are two days where both championship series will be played: Monday, October 12, when NLCS Game 2 leads off before ALCS Game 1 at night, and Thursday, October 15, when ALCS Game 3 comes first followed by NLCS Game 4. Two more days could also feature doubleheaders if both series go the distance: Friday, October 16, with NLCS Game 5 and ALCS Game 4, and Monday, October 19, with NLCS Game 7 and ALCS Game 6. On those possible two-game days, the NLCS has the later start times.
Fox Sports will carry the NLCS, while TBS has the ALCS.
NLCS start times:
Game 1 - Sunday, October 11 at Brewers, 5 p.m. PT (Fox)
Game 2 - Monday, October 12 at Brewers, 2 p.m. (Fox, FS1)
Game 3 - Wednesday, October 14 at Dodgers, 5 p.m. (FS1)
Game 4 - Thursday, October 15 at Dodgers, 6 p.m. (FS1)
Game 5* - Friday, October 16 at Dodgers, 6 p.m. (FS1)
Game 6* - Sunday, October 18 at Brewers, 5 p.m. (FS1)
Game 7* - Monday, October 19 at Brewers, 5 p.m. (Fox, FS1)
*if necessary
ALCS start times:
Game 1 - Monday, October 12 at Rays, 5 p.m. PT (TBS)
Game 2 - Tuesday, October 13 at Rays, 5 p.m. (TBS)
Game 3 - Thursday, October 15, at Chicago or Cleveland, 3 p.m. (TBS)
Game 4 - Friday, October 16, at Chicago or Cleveland, 3 p.m. (TBS)
Game 5* - Saturday, October 17, at Chicago or Cleveland, 5 p.m. (TBS)
Game 6* - Monday, October 19 at Rays, 2 p.m. (TBS)
Game 7* - Tuesday, October 20 at Rays, 5 p.m. (TBS)
*if necessary
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