{"id":926185,"date":"2026-10-09T05:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926185\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:44:08","slug":"mlb-announces-schedule-for-2026-league-championship-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926185\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB announces schedule for 2026 League Championship Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

With MLB’s post-season nearing its penultimate stage, the ALCS and NLCS schedules have been announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three out of four Championship Series teams are locked in thus far, and LCS action will begin on Sunday, with the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> visiting the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> on the National League side.<\/p>\n

The American League Championship Series will get underway on Oct. 12, hosted by the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>. Their opponent is yet to be determined, as the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> and Chicago White Sox<\/a>‘s ALDS matchup remains underway \u2014 tied 2-2 heading into a decisive Game 5 on Friday.<\/p>\n

All games can be seen on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n

Here is the full LCS schedule (all times Eastern).
* = if necessary<\/p>\n

Oct. 11
NLCS Game 1: LAD @ MIL, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 12
NLCS Game 2: LAD @ MIL, 5 p.m.
ALCS Game 1: CLE\/CWS @ TB, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 13
ALCS Game 2: CLE\/CWS @ TB, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 14
NLCS Game 3: MIL @ LAS, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 15
ALCS Game 3: TB @ CLE\/CWS, 6 p.m.
NLCS Game 4: MIL @ LAD, 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 16
ALCS Game 4: TB @ CLE\/CWS, 6 p.m.
*NLCS Game 5: MIL @ LAD, 9 p.m.
(If NLCS ends in sweep, ALCS Game 4 moves to 8 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Oct. 17
*ALCS Game 5: TB @ CLE\/CWS, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 18
*NLCS Game 6: LAD @ MIL, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oct. 19
*ALCS Game 6: CLE\/CWS @ TB, 5 p.m.
*NLCS Game 7: LAD @ MIL, 8 p.m.
(If there is no NLCS Game 7, ALCS Game 6 moves to 8 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Oct. 20
*ALCS Game 7: CLE\/CWS @ TB, 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With MLB’s post-season nearing its penultimate stage, the ALCS and NLCS schedules have been announced. Three out of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-926185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}