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MLB announces ALCS and NLCS game times and TV schedule

Dodgers–Brewers opens Sunday at 6 p.m. Mountain Time. Tampa Bay hosts the ALCS opener Monday, with conditional start-time changes later in the round.

By The Sporting Page Editorial Staff
Exterior of American Family Field in Milwaukee beneath a blue sky.
American Family Field in Milwaukee on October 20, 2023. File photograph by DiscoA340, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The NLCS opens here October 11. · Credit: DiscoA340 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Major League Baseball has announced start times and broadcast assignments for the American and National League Championship Series, with the Dodgers visiting the Brewers in Game 1 on Sunday, October 11, at 6 p.m. Mountain Time.

Both series are best of seven. Milwaukee also hosts NLCS Game 2 on Monday at 3 p.m. Mountain Time before the series moves to Los Angeles for Games 3–5. The Brewers would host Games 6 and 7 if needed.

The ALCS opens Monday, October 12, at 6 p.m. Mountain Time, with Tampa Bay hosting the winner of the Guardians–White Sox Division Series. The Rays will host the first two games and would host Games 6 and 7 after a sweep of the Yankees.

In the United States, the NLCS airs on FOX or FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX One. The ALCS airs on TBS, truTV, HBO Max and UniMas. Sportsnet carries every postseason game in English in Canada; RDS carries the NL postseason in French and TVA Sports carries the AL postseason in French.

Games 5–7 in each series are conditional. MLB also lists two possible time changes: ALCS Game 4 on October 16 moves from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mountain Time if the NLCS ends in a sweep. ALCS Game 6 on October 19 moves from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. if there is no NLCS Game 7.

2026 MLB postseason

NLCS: Dodgers vs. Brewers

All starts in Mountain Time. U.S. broadcasts shown.

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NLCS: Dodgers vs. Brewers schedule. All times Mountain Time.
Game Date Host MT start U.S. TV/stream
1 Oct. 11 Milwaukee 6 p.m. FOX / FOX Deportes / FOX One
2 Oct. 12 Milwaukee 3 p.m. FOX/FS1 / FOX Deportes / FOX One
3 Oct. 14 Los Angeles 6 p.m. FS1 / FOX Deportes / FOX One
4 Oct. 15 Los Angeles 7 p.m. FS1 / FOX Deportes / FOX One
5* Oct. 16 Los Angeles 7 p.m. FS1 / FOX Deportes / FOX One
6* Oct. 18 Milwaukee 6 p.m. FS1 / FOX Deportes / FOX One
7* Oct. 19 Milwaukee 6 p.m. FOX/FS1 / FOX Deportes / FOX One
* If necessary. Canadian English coverage: Sportsnet; French: RDS. MLB lists FOX/FS1 for Games 2 and 7.
2026 MLB postseason

ALCS: Rays vs. Guardians/White Sox

U.S. coverage: TBS, truTV, HBO Max and UniMas. All starts in Mountain Time.

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ALCS: Rays vs. Guardians/White Sox schedule. All times Mountain Time.
Game Date Host MT start
1 Oct. 12 Tampa Bay 6 p.m.
2 Oct. 13 Tampa Bay 6 p.m.
3 Oct. 15 Cleveland/Chicago 4 p.m.
4 Oct. 16 Cleveland/Chicago 4 p.m.†
5* Oct. 17 Cleveland/Chicago 6 p.m.
6* Oct. 19 Tampa Bay 3 p.m.‡
7* Oct. 20 Tampa Bay 6 p.m.
* If necessary. † Game 4 moves to 6 p.m. MT if the NLCS ends in a sweep. ‡ Game 6 moves to 6 p.m. MT if there is no NLCS Game 7. Canadian English coverage: Sportsnet; French: TVA Sports.

Sources and notes

  1. TSP News Wire
  2. MLB announced schedule: https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-mlb-playoff-and-world-series-schedule
  3. MLB Game 1 and international broadcast guide: https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-brewers-nl-championship-series-game-1-starting-lineups-and-pitching-matchup
  4. Photograph and attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Family_Field_(October_2023)_01.jpg
  5. Photo licence, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/