MLB moved up the first pitch times for Thursday’s League Championship Series slate, with weather concerns in Cleveland prompting an afternoon start for the American League game and an earlier evening window for the National League contest.
Thursday’s revised first-pitch times
- ALCS Game 3: Rays at Guardians, 1 p.m. ET Thursday, moved from 6 p.m. ET. The game will air on TBS, truTV, UniMas and HBO Max.
- NLCS Game 4: Brewers at Dodgers, 8 p.m. ET Thursday, shifted ahead one hour from its original 9 p.m. ET slot.
Cleveland will host Game 3 with the American League Championship Series even at one win apiece. The Guardians took the opener, 7-3, before Tampa Bay answered with a 3-1 victory in Game 2 on Tuesday night.
The earlier afternoon window gives the clubs a better chance to get nine innings in despite the forecast around Cleveland. It also puts a little more daylight on a series that has already changed hands once through its first two games.
Brewers take control of the NLCS
Milwaukee heads to Los Angeles holding a 2-0 lead over the Dodgers after sweeping the opening pair in Wisconsin. Before Thursday’s rescheduled Game 4, the Brewers and Dodgers are set to play Game 3 on Wednesday night.
- NLCS Game 3: Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT and 5 p.m. PT.
- Television coverage: FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX One.
- Milwaukee can move within one win of the pennant by extending its early series advantage in Los Angeles.
Postseason viewing options
Authenticated MLB.TV subscribers with access to the appropriate participating pay-TV network can watch postseason telecasts carried by TNT Sports outlets and FOX, FS1 or FOX One.
ESPN Radio will carry every 2026 postseason game nationally. MLB Network will provide studio programming during the postseason through MLB Tonight, MLB Central, MLB Now and Intentional Talk.
Spanish-language television coverage is available through UniMas for the ALCS and FOX Deportes for the NLCS. TUDN Radio will provide Spanish-language radio calls for every League Championship Series game. The 2026 postseason is being distributed in 16 languages across more than 200 countries and territories.
