MLB Locks In Championship Series Start Times as NLCS and ALCS Rematches Await

The road to the World Series now has official start times. Major League Baseball announced Thursday the full game-time schedule for the 2026 League Championship Series, with the National League opening Sunday, Oct. 11 and the American League following Monday, Oct. 12. The Dodgers and Brewers meet in an NLCS rematch after Los Angeles swept Milwaukee in four games last October, a humiliation the top-seeded Brewers have waited a year to avenge. Game 1 is Sunday at 8 p.m. ET in Milwaukee, with Game 2 Monday at 5 p.m. ET. Milwaukee, which owned baseball's best record in 2026, is chasing its first title since the franchise's only World Series trip in 1982; the Dodgers are chasing their third straight championship. In the AL, the Tampa Bay Rays hold home-field advantage after sweeping the Yankees, and will face the winner of the Guardians-White Sox series, which wraps up this weekend. ALCS Game 1 is Monday at 8 p.m. ET in Tampa Bay. The Rays reached the World Series in 2008 and 2020 but have never won one. The winners will meet in the World Series, set to begin Friday, Oct. 23.