The Milwaukee Brewers host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Monday, a best-of-seven showdown with a spot in the World Series on the line.
Milwaukee had Major League Baseball’s best record in the regular season but come up against the defending World Series champions, seeking to become the first team to repeat since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000.
The Brewers won all six meetings between the two teams in the regular season.
Left-hander Blake Snell (5-4, 2.35 ERA) starts for the Dodgers, while Aaron Ashby (5-2, 2.16 ERA) opens the game for the Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee.
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What time is Dodgers vs Brewers today?
Game 1 of the 2025 National League Championship Serie starts at 8:08 p.m. ET .
Where to watch Dodgers vs Brewers game: TV channel, streaming
The NLCS opener will air on TBS and HBO Max and can be streamed with Sling TV.
Watch NLCS live on Sling TV
When is Shohei Ohtani pitching? Dave Roberts won’t say
MILWAUKEE — With Blake Snell starting Game 1 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto getting the nod for Game 2, that means Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow won’t take the mound until the series shifts to Los Angeles later this week. Asked if he’s already decided which games they’ll start, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said yes.
Would he care to share that information?
‘No,’ Roberts said, smiling.
Aaron Ashby starts Brewers’ pitching parade
MILWAUKEE — Brewers manager Pat Murphy is completely focused on Game 1 while already thinking ahead.
Huh?
With only two starters – 1 ½, really – the Brewers will be leaning heavily on their relievers to get them through the seven-game series that includes just two off days. Which means Murphy has to be smart in how he uses them. Let one go an extra inning, or two, in Games 1 or 2, and Milwaukee could pay for it down the road.
‘It’s win tonight, but when you get to about Game 4, you better be careful of what you’ve done to your pitching staff. It might show up in Game 4, Game 5,’ Murphy said ahead of Game 1.
‘Especially the third game, OK, we just had a day off. How much do you want to use here? What do you think about?’ Murphy continued. ‘That’s where you can get exposed because now your thinking is, `We’re not playing to win tonight,’ we’re playing, `Hey, we’ve got to pitch these guys because these (other) guys are gassed.’ We’ve got to try to keep ourselves from that situation.
‘Comes down to depth and quality of depth.’
That helps explain Murphy’s decision to add Tobias Myers to the roster for the NLCS and remove Nick Mears. Mears has been ‘unbelievable’ for Milwaukee, Murphy said. But he’s better in short spurts, and the Brewers will need someone who can go longer. — Nancy Armour
Dodgers lineup today
- Shohei Ohtani (L) DH
- Mookie Betts (R) SS
- Teoscar Hernández (R) RF
- Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
- Will Smith (R) C
- Tommy Edman (S) 2B
- Max Muncy (L) 3B
- Enrique Hernández (R) LF
- Andy Pages (R) CF
Brewers lineup
- Jackson Chourio (R) RF
- Christian Yelich (L) DH
- William Contreras (R) C
- Brice Turang (L) 2B
- Andrew Vaughn (R) 1B
- Sal Frelick (L) CF
- Caleb Durbin (R) 3B
- Isaac Collins (S) LF
- Joey Ortiz (R) SS