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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts lauds Shohei Ohtani’s dual-threat effort in NLDS<\/p>\n
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has no shortage of words to describe Shohei Ohtani’s ability to both pitch and hit in the NLDS.<\/p>\n
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Major League Baseball<\/a> is nearing its final four with spots in the American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series coming into focus.<\/p>\n The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, the AL’s top seed, made quick work of the New York Yankees<\/a> by winning their division series in four games<\/a>. The Blue Jays outscored their AL East division rival 34-19. On the NL side, the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers closed out the No. 2 seed Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>, also in four games.<\/p>\n Here’s who has made it to the league championship series in the American and National leagues:<\/p>\n Who’s in ALCS?Who’s in NLCS?ALCS scheduleGame 1: Sunday, Oct. 12, Mariners at Blue Jays, 8:03 p.m. ET on FOX\/FS1Game 2: Monday, Oct. 13, Mariners at Blue Jays, 4:38 p.m. ET on FOX\/FS1Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 15, Blue Jays at Mariners on FOX\/FS1Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 16, Blue Jays at Mariners on FOX\/FS1*Game 5: Friday, Oct. 17, Blue Jays at Mariners on FOX\/FS1*Game 6: Sunday, Oct. 19, Mariners at Blue Jays on FOX\/FS1*Game 7: Monday, Oct. 20, Mariners at Blue Jays on FOX\/FS1<\/p>\n * \u2014 if necessary<\/p>\n NLCS scheduleGame 1: Monday, Oct. 13, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs, 8:08 p.m. ET on TBSGame 2: Tuesday, Oct. 14, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs on TBSGame 3: Thursday, Oct. 16, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs on TBSGame 4: Friday, Oct. 17, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs on TBS*Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 18, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs on TBS*Game 6: Monday, Oct. 20, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs on TBS*Game 7: Tuesday, Oct. 21, Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs on TBS<\/p>\n * \u2014 if necessary<\/p>\n MLB playoff bracketAmerican LeagueByes: Blue Jays, MarinersAL Wild Card Series (best of three)Tigers at Guardians \u2013 Detroit wins series 2-1Red Sox at Yankees \u2013 New York wins series 2-1AL Division Series (best of five)Blue Jays vs. Yankees \u2013 Toronto wins series 3-1Mariners vs. Tigers \u2013 Seattle wins series 3-2AL Championship Series (best of seven)Blue Jays vs. Mariners (starts Sunday, Oct. 12)National LeagueByes: Brewers, Phillies<\/a>NL Wild Card Series (best of three)Reds at Dodgers \u2013 Los Angeles wins series 2-0Padres at Cubs \u2013 Chicago wins series 2-1NL Division Series (best of five)Brewers vs. Cubs \u2013 Series tied 2-2Phillies vs. Dodgers \u2013 Los Angeles wins series 3-1NL Championship Series (best of seven)Dodgers vs. Brewers\/Cubs (starts Monday, Oct. 13)World SeriesGame 1: Friday, Oct. 24, TBD on TBDGame 2: Saturday, Oct. 25, TBD on TBDGame 3: Monday, Oct. 27, TBD on TBDGame 4: Tuesday, Oct. 28, TBD on TBD*Game 5: Wednesday, Oct. 29, TBD on TBD*Game 6: Friday, Oct. 31, TBD on TBD*Game 7: Saturday, Nov. 1, TBD on TBD* \u2014 if necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodgers manager Dave Roberts lauds Shohei Ohtani’s dual-threat effort in NLDS Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has no shortage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[2872,64,63,4034,3929,5131,9663,5127,5158,5128,5138,5139,2877,2871,1187,5143,5130,5159,591,64736,314,331,621,25111,637,3127,2704,44,323,451,5136,2365,5137,16309,439,5142,5162,9672,85,635,155,3920,5161,6114,3918],"class_list":["post-205605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-angeles","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baseball","tag-blue","tag-brewers","tag-championship","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cubs","tag-dodgers","tag-jays","tag-league","tag-los","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mariners","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-national","tag-national-league-championship-series","tag-national-sports","tag-new","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-phillies","tag-playoffs","tag-positive","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-story","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-yankees","tag-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}