The first two games for the Dodgers in the National League Division Series will be night games at Dodger Stadium this weekend. hosting either the Padres or Braves.
Game 1 will start at 5:38 p.m. PT on Saturday night in Los Angeles, and Game 2 on Sunday will start at 5:03 p.m., with both games televised by FS1. Start times and broadcast information for the rest of the series will be unveiled later, presumably once the wild card round is complete.
Late start times were to be expected at least for the early part of the NLDS, because of the four host sites in the first two games of the Division Series in each league — Phillies, Yankees, and Guardians — the Dodgers are the only team not in the eastern time zone.
Dodgers NLDS schedule
| Game | Date | Location | Time (PT) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 5 | Dodger Stadium | 5:38 p.m. | FS1 |
| 2 | Sun, Oct 6 | Dodger Stadium | 5:03 p.m. | FS1 |
| 3 | Tue, Oct 8 | SD or Atlanta | TBD | Fox or FS1 |
| 4* | Wed, Oct 9 | SD or Atlanta | TBD | Fox or FS1 |
| 5* | Fri, Oct 11 | Dodger Stadium | TBD | Fox or FS1 |
*if necessary
Saturday is a four-game day, with all four Division Series starting with Game 1. Tigers or Astros at Guardians starts at 10:08 p.m. PT on TBS, Mets or Brewers at Phillies is a 1:08 p.m. PT game on Fox, and the Yankees hosting Royals or Orioles will start at 3:38 p.m. PT on TBS.
Sunday is National League only, with Game 2 of the Mets or Brewers at Phillies starting at 1:08 p.m. PT on FS1.
Fox Sports will televised the NLDS and National League Championship Series, along with the World Series.
The Dodgers will know their NLDS opponent by Thursday at the latest, with the Padres hosting the Braves this week in a best-of-3 series at Petco Park in San Diego.