The 2026 National League Championship Series kicks off today, October 11, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers going head-to-head in a best-of-seven series that will determine who punches their ticket to the World Series. The Brewers, no joke, finished the season with an MLB-best 103 wins, which scored them home-field advantage against a Dodgers squad that swept them out of this very stage last season, en route to their second consecutive World Series title. Talk about high stakes and a shot at redemption!
Brewers Look for Payback After Last Year’s Sweep
This isn’t just another series, folks. For Milwaukee, this is about getting back at the team that stomped all over their World Series dreams just last year. Christian Yelich, the Brewers’ outfielder, pretty much summed it up, “You’re playing for a chance to go to a World Series. You don’t need much more motivation than that regardless of who you’re playing.” He respects the Dodgers, sure, for everything they’ve done and how they play, but you can feel that fire under the surface. It’s time to compete, and after that 103-win season, the Brewers have to be feeling like this is their moment to flip the script.
Cy Young Clash: Misiorowski vs. Skubal on the Mound
Game 1 is set to be a pitching battle, and it’s going to be electric. The Brewers are rolling out their likely NL Cy Young winner, Jacob Misiorowski, who boasts an incredible 16-5 record with a nasty 1.80 ERA. That’s just flat-out dominant, and exactly what you want leading off a series this big. But don’t sleep on the Dodgers’ starter. They’ve got trade deadline acquisition Tarik Skubal, who’s a back-to-back Cy Young winner himself, coming in with a 12-7 record and a solid 2.73 ERA. This is a heavyweight fight on the mound, with two absolute aces going head-to-head at American Family Field.
Tonight’s game is set for an 8 p.m. ET start. You can catch all the action on Fox or stream it live on Fubo and Fox One. Get ready, baseball fans, because this series has all the makings of an instant classic!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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