The Los Angeles Dodgers will take their hot bats and suspect bullpen on a road show to Philadelphia to take on the big, bad Phillies.
While Los Angeles flashed resurgent form through two games at Los Angeles, dispatching the Cincinnati Reds in two games at Chavez Ravine, it will take a nearly flawless effort to beat the team that took four out of the six contests between the two during the regular season.
The series may come down to whether the Dodgers’ shaky bullpen shows up across this best-of-five series. However, the momentum starts with the Game 1 ace. L.A. boasts a pretty good one.
Here is what we know so far on the schedule and pitchers set for the divisional series vs. the Philadelphia Phillies.
Dodgers playoff schedule vs. Phillies
As of this writing, times and pitchers after Game 1 have yet to be announced. All times ET:
- Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4 at Philadelphia – Time – TBD (TV: TBS, truTV; Stream: HBO Max)
- Game 2: Monday, Oct. 6 at Philadelphia – Time – TBD (TV: TBS; Stream: HBO Max)
- Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Philadelphia – Time – TBD (TV: TBS; Stream: HBO Max)
- Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 9 at Philadelphia – Time – TBD (TV: TBS, truTV; Stream: HBO Max)
- Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 11 at Philadelphia – Time – TBD (TV: TBS, truTV; Stream: HBO Max)
Dodgers probable starting pitchers
After its Game 2 victory against the Cincinnati Reds, the Dodgers revealed that Shohei Ohtani would take the mound against the Phillies and Cristopher Sanchez, who gets the start for Philly.
After that, it is a guessing game for at the moment. Tyler Glasnow, while available in the wild-card series, never toed the rubber and would be ready. A case could be made to go with the left-handed Blake Snell, who would have the necessary rest by Saturday.