The Milwaukee Brewers, the highest general seed in Main League Baseball’s postseason, grew to become the fourth and last crew to advance to the league championship spherical on Saturday evening. The Brewers superior to their first NLCS since 2018 after they defeated the Chicago Cubs in Recreation 5 of their NLDS matchup to take the best-of-five sequence by a 3-2 margin. Milwaukee will now face the Los Angeles Dodgers for the chance to signify the Senior Circuit on this yr’s World Sequence.

Whereas the Dodgers are making their fourth NLCS look in six years, the Brewers have reached this stage simply twice since transferring to the NL in 1998: again in 2018 (after they met the Dodgers) and in 2011, after they had been knocked off by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers are trying to develop into MLB’s first repeat World Sequence champions because the New York Yankees gained three in a row in 1998-2000.

Dodgers vs. Brewers schedule

Dodgers vs. Brewers: Recreation 1 information

• Time: 8:08 p.m. ET | Date: Mon., Oct. 13
• Location: American Household Area — Milwaukee
• TV channel: TBS | Dwell stream: HBO Max
• Beginning pitchers: RHP Shohei Ohtani (LAD) vs. TBA (MIL)
• Odds: Dodgers -151, Brewers +124 (through DraftKings)

NLCS storylines

Dodgers: As famous within the introduction, the Dodgers are searching for to develop into MLB’s first repeat World Sequence champion because the Yankees gained three in a row again in 1998-2000. The Dodgers’ street right here included sequence victories towards the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies. Throughout the common season, the Dodgers went 0-6 towards the Brewers and had been outscored by a 15-run margin. In fact, the Dodgers would level out that every one of these video games occurred in a small window in July, 

Brewers: The Brewers, by advantage of getting the perfect file in all of MLB, earned a first-round bye and home-field benefit all through the postseason. Which means they’re going to host 4 video games if this goes seven. Moreover, it signifies that their sequence towards the Cubs represented their first motion of the playoffs. The Brewers are in search of their first pennant in both league since 1982.

Sequence prediction

jThis ought to be a fantastic sequence between two of the perfect managed organizations in sports activities. I picked the Dodgers to win the World Sequence, which means I am obligated to decide on them right here. That is not meant as disrespect to the Brewers — it would not register as a shock if MLB’s finest crew in the course of the common season took this sequence — it simply means I owe it to everybody to be according to this stuff. Therefore: Dodgers in seven.