The schedule
Milwaukee will face the Dodgers for a best-of-seven series in the NLCS. Milwaukee won four of its seven games against Los Angeles during the regular season, including three of four at Dodger Stadium in August.
First-pitch times for the series:
- Game 1 | Sun, Oct 11: Dodgers at Brewers at | 7 p.m. CT
- Game 2 | Mon, Oct 12: Dodgers at Brewers | 4 p.m. CT
- Game 3 | Wed, Oct 14: Brewers at Dodgers | 7 p.m. CT
- Game 4 | Thu, Oct 15: Brewers at Dodgers | 8 p.m. CT
- Game 5 | Fri, Oct 16: Brewers at Dodgers | 8 p.m. CT (if necessary)
- Game 6 | Sun, Oct 18: Dodgers at Brewers | 7 p.m. CT (if necessary)
- Game 7 | Mon, Oct 19: Dodgers at Brewers | 7 p.m. (if necessary)
Tickets
Resale tickets for the playoffs can be bought and prices compared on the following sites:
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Game 1: What to know
- Sun, Oct 11: Dodgers at Brewers at | 7 p.m. CT
- National League Cy Young Award frontrunner Jacob Misiorowski will start Game 1 for the Brewers, setting up a showdown with Dodgers ace Tarik Skubal.
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Brewers vs. Dodgers
Painful playoff history
The Dodgers have eliminated the Brewers in all three of their previous postseason matchups.
- 2018 NLCS: Dodgers won in seven games.
- 2020 Wild Card Series: Dodgers swept the Brewers in two games.
- 2025 NLCS: Dodgers swept Milwaukee in four games.
Payroll gap
The Dodgers have one of baseball’s biggest payrolls, while the Brewers continue to compete with significantly less money.
According to The Associated Press, the Dodgers opened the season with a $316.6 million payroll, compared with $124.1 million for the Brewers.
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Fans
NLCS gear
Brewers fans got up early to purchase new postseason merchandise after the team’s playoff win against the San Diego Padres, gearing up for the next series against Los Angeles.
New food
American Family Field is offering new concession items for the NLCS, including soft serve floats, the Thai Elote Dog and the Jumbo Chippin’ Away Brat. Some fan postseason favorites, like the Dino Rib and Brat Rangoons, will stay on the menu, too.
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Milwaukee celebrating
Milwaukee’s iconic and historic landmarks are lit up blue and yellow from dusk to dawn.
Banners at City Hall, the Milwaukee Public Market and inside the skywalks of Chase Tower to The Avenue and the Enerpac Center to Riverside Theater feature the postseason rally cry, “Win Our Way.”
Participating landmarks include:
- 600 EAST
- Associated Bank River Center
- City Hall, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
- Lakefront Brewery
- Light the Hoan
- MGIC
- Milwaukee Art Museum
- Milwaukee County Historical Society
- Mitchell Park Domes
- Northwestern Mutual
- Pabst Theater
- Pritzlaff Building
- U.S. Bank Center
Digital billboards supporting the Brewers postseason include:
- Associated Bank branches
- The Avenue
- Baird Center
- BMO Tower Media Wall
- The Corners
- The Couture
- Marcus Performing Arts Center
- Miller High Life Theatre
- Potawatomi Casino | Hotel
- Riverside Theater Marquee
- Summerfest Gate and UWM Panther Arena.
Brewers flags are also being displayed by Milwaukee Fire Department, Department of Public Works and Manpower Group.
A historic season
The Brewers are coming off a historic regular season. Milwaukee finished 103-59, the best record in Major League Baseball, set a franchise record for victories and reached 100 wins for the first time.
Milwaukee scored the second-most runs in Major League Baseball despite matching the second-lowest homer total of any team. Sportradar says the Brewers are the first club since the 1960 Chicago White Sox to finish a season among the top three MLB teams in runs scored and among the bottom three in homers.
Milwaukee scored 832 runs while hitting 154 homers. Only the Chicago Cubs scored more runs. Only the Toronto Blue Jays had fewer homers.
But there’s no question the Brewers are succeeding with a different style. In an era when most franchises emphasize hitting the ball in the air and into the seats, the Brewers posted the best record in baseball while having by far MLB’s lowest launch angle at 9.2 degrees.
Milwaukee led MLB in batting average (.258) and on-base percentage (.341). The Brewers also swung at the lowest percentage of pitches outside the strike zone of any MLB team.
Milwaukee stole 162 bases in the regular season to rank fifth in MLB. The Brewers’ ability to bunt runners over and wreak havoc on the bases enables them to produce big innings with a flurry of singles.
The Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski was selected as the 2026 Baseball Digest MLB Pitcher of the Year.
John Fisher
Jacob Misiorowski
This article contains information from The Associated Press.
