{"id":488690,"date":"2026-10-08T02:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488690\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T02:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:06:11","slug":"nlcs-alcs-bracket-schedule-where-to-watch-in-2026-mlb-playoffs-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488690\/","title":{"rendered":"NLCS, ALCS bracket, schedule, where to watch in 2026 MLB playoffs \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> will play for another National League pennant.<\/p>\n

The two-time reigning World Series<\/a> champions have advanced to a third straight National League Championship Series<\/a>. No. 2-seeded Los Angeles took down the No. 3 Atlanta Braves<\/a> in four games in the NLDS of the 2026 MLB playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles now awaits the winner of the other NLDS matchup between the No. 1 Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> and No. 4 San Diego Padres<\/a>. The Dodgers are looking to pull off the rare feat of a World Series three-peat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the next round of the MLB<\/a> postseason takes shape, here’s what to know for the NLCS and ALCS:<\/p>\n

How many games are in the ALCS, NLCS?<\/p>\n

The remainder of the MLB postseason will feature best-of-seven series. The higher seed hosts Games 1 and 2, along with the potential Games 6 and 7.<\/p>\n

When does the 2026 NLCS start?<\/p>\n

The NLCS begins Sunday, Oct. 11.<\/p>\n

What is the 2026 NLCS schedule?<\/p>\n

The Dodgers will have home-field advantage if they face the Padres. Otherwise, the NLCS will begin in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know about the NLCS schedule:<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD at TBD — Oct. 11, time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

Game 2: TBD at TBD, — Oct. 12, time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

Game 3: TBD at TBD — Oct. 14, time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

Game 4: TBD at TBD — Oct. 15, time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

Game 5 (if necessary): TBD at TBD — Oct. 16 time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

Game 6 (if necessary): TBD at TBD — Oct. 18, time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

Game 7 (if necessary): TBD at TBD — Oct. 19, time TBD, network TBD<\/p>\n

When does the 2026 ALCS start?<\/p>\n

The ALCS starts Monday, Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

What is the 2026 ALCS schedule?<\/p>\n

No team has emerged from the ALDS just yet. The ALCS will pit the winner of the No. 1 Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>-No. 4 New York Yankees<\/a> series against the winner of the No. 2 Cleveland Guardians-No. 6 Chicago White Sox series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know about the ALCS schedule:<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD at TBD — Oct. 12, time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Game 2: TBD at TBD, — Oct. 13, time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Game 3: TBD at TBD — Oct. 15, time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Game 4: TBD at TBD — Oct. 16, time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Game 5 (if necessary): TBD at TBD — Oct. 17 time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Game 6 (if necessary): TBD at TBD — Oct. 19, time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Game 7 (if necessary): TBD at TBD — Oct. 20, time TBD, TBS and HBO Max<\/p>\n

Where to watch, stream the ALCS and NLCS games<\/p>\n

NLCS games will air across FOX and FS1, and can be streamed on FOX One<\/a> and FOXSports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All ALCS contests will be shown on TBS and can be streamed on TBS.com<\/a>, the TBS app<\/a> and HBO Max.<\/a><\/p>\n

When does the 2026 World Series start?<\/p>\n

Game 1 of the Fall Classic is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDodgers infielder Miguel Rojas, who is from Venezuela, recently traveled to Miami to take his U.S. citizenship test. Rojas says he was prepared, earned a perfect score and is now just a few steps away from becoming a U.S. citizen.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers will play for another National League pennant. The two-time reigning World Series champions have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,1334],"class_list":["post-488690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}