Overview
- Game 1 begins Sunday, October 11 at American Family Field with first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT and broadcasts in Mexico on FOX and FOX One.
- Milwaukee holds home-field advantage after a 103–59 regular season while the Dodgers finished 100–62, so Games 1–2 and 6–7 are set for Milwaukee under the 2-3-2 format.
- The Brewers project right-hander Jacob Misiorowski to start Game 1 and the Dodgers plan left-hander Tarik Skubal, setting up a duel between Misiorowski’s dominant 2026 numbers and Skubal’s recent postseason form.
- Misiorowski led major-league pitching categories in 2026 and threw a 104.8 mph pitch in the Division Series, a mark noted as the fastest postseason pitch since modern tracking began in 2008.
- Both teams reached the NLCS by winning their Division Series 3–1, the Dodgers enter as two-time defending champions chasing a third straight title, and Milwaukee is seeking its first World Series trip since 1982.