The Milwaukee Brewers host the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday night, opening the best-of-five clash.
Milwaukee won 103 games in the regular season and had
the best record in Major League Baseball – earning a bye to this round – while San Diego swept the Chicago Cubs in the best-of-three wild card series to reach the NLDS.
"I think both teams are probably trying to play the same game – get out to an early lead and let the bullpen handle it the rest of the way," Padres manager Craig Stammen told reporters. "They have a great one from the last guy to the first guy that's how we feel about our bullpen too. It will be a tough series. It will probably be a lot of close games because of that."
The Padres and Brewers are two of the five MLB organizations that have never won a World Series title, along with the Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mariners. San Diego last made the Fall Classic in 1998 and the Brewers' only appearance came back in 1982.
Where to watch Padres vs Brewers today: TV channel, live stream
- Game time: 8:30 p.m. ET
- TV channel: FS1 and Fox Deportes
- Live stream: Fubo and Fox One
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Padres vs Brewers prediction
- Bob Nightengale: Brewers in 5
- Gabe Lacques: Brewers in 5
- Kristie Ackert: Padres in 5
- Jesse Yomtov: Brewers in 4
Brewers vs Padres schedule
- Game 1 (Saturday, Oct. 3): At Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
- Game 2 (Sunday, Oct. 4): At Milwaukee, 4 p.m. ET
- Game 3 (Tuesday, Oct. 6): At San Diego, 9:30 p.m. ET
- Game 4 (Wednesday, Oct. 7)*: At San Diego, 10 p.m. ET
- Game 5 (Friday, Oct. 9)*: At Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. ET
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