Overview
- First pitch is at 9:08 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium on ESPN, with streaming available on DirecTV Stream (free trial), fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling.
- The starting matchup features Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell against Reds right-hander Hunter Greene, who makes his postseason debut.
- Cincinnati set a 26-man roster with 12 pitchers and 14 position players and released a Game 1 lineup that includes Austin Hays and DH Miguel Andujar.
- Los Angeles posted a lineup topped by Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, followed by Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernández.
- The Dodgers went 5-1 against Cincinnati in the regular season, and the Reds clinched the final NL wild-card spot on the last day; the series winner moves on to Philadelphia.