The Aporia · Dodgers-Brewers NLCS schedule announced –– with another inconvenient weekday start time

Major League Baseball announced the start times for the National League Championship Series between the Dodgers and Brewers on Thursday. The series begins with a Sunday night game at 5 p.m. Pacific Time in Milwaukee and continues with a Monday afternoon game starting at 2 p.m. local time back in Los Angeles, mirroring the inconvenient weekday timing from their recent divisional series. Subsequent games will start in the evening, except for potential later matchups that would revert to afternoon starts if needed. All games are scheduled for broadcast on Fox or FS1.

Written by AI on 2026-10-08, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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NLCS Game 1: Brewers Defeat Dodgers 2-1

Final Score: Milwaukee Brewers 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Key Players:
Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers) pitched 4⅓ innings allowing one run.
Tarik Skubal (Dodgers) had a poor outing, allowing two runs in five innings.
Offensive Struggles: The Dodgers were 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners on base.
Next Game: The Dodgers plan to use Yoshinobu Yamamoto as their starter for NLCS Game 2.

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While Game 1 of the team’s NLCS rematch against the Brewers will kick off at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday night from American Family Field in Milwaukee, Game 2 on Monday will begin at 2 p.m. local time in Los Angeles –– similar to the late-afternoon weekday starts the Dodgers had in Games 3 and 4 of their NL Division Series defeat of the Atlanta Braves this week.

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🔮 While Game 1 of the team’s NLCS rematch against the Brewers will kick off at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday night from American Family Field in Milwaukee, Game 2 on Monday will begin at 2 p.m. local time in Los Angeles –– similar to the late-afternoon weekday starts the Dodgers had in Games 3 and 4 of their NL Division Series defeat of the Atlanta Braves this week.

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Dodgers-Brewers NLCS schedule announced –– with another inconvenient weekday start time · assertive framing

Major League Baseball on Thursday announced start times and broadcast schedules for the National League Championship Series. asserted

Baseball → announce → Series

And, for a second-straight series, Dodgers fans were greeted with an inconvenient weekday first pitch. asserted

fans → greet → pitch

Dodgers → kick → Braves

The series shifts to Dodger Stadium for Game 3 (Wednesday at 5 p.m.), Game 4 (Thursday at 6 p.m.) and Game 5 (Friday at 6 p.m.). asserted

series → shift → p.m.

The Dodgers swept the Brewers at this stage in last year’s playoffs, propelling them to a second-straight NL pennant en route to a second-straight World Series title. asserted

Dodgers → sweep → title

This year, the club will be trying to complete the first NL pennant three-peat since the St. Louis Cardinals of 1942-44, and the first World Series three-peat by an NL team in baseball history. asserted

club → try → history

Dodgers-Brewers NLCS schedule announced –– with another inconvenient weekday start time

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