The San Diego Padres closed out their wild card series with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night, completing a two-game sweep. That means the Padres will play the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series. It also clarifies the start time for the Dodgers NLDS Game 1 on Saturday, now a 1 p.m. PT start time at Dodger Stadium, televised by Fox.
The Dodgers in the NLDS will play the winner of Thursday’s wild card Game 3 between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies
at Truist Park in Atlanta. That game will be played at 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, televised by NBC and streamed by Peacock.
Weather forecasts call for temperatures mostly in the high 90s in and around Los Angeles on Saturday, with a high of 101 degrees at Elysian Park. The only postseason game at Dodger Stadium on record with a start-time temperature in triple digits was Game 1 of the 2017 World Series, at 103 degrees.
Major League Baseball on Tuesday announced the start time scenarios for the first three days of the Division Series, accounting for the first two games in each NL and American League series. The Padres and Brewers will play Game 1 on Saturday in Milwaukee at 5:30 p.m. PT on FS1, with the Dodgers opening at 1 p.m. in Los Angeles.
Had the Cubs advanced over San Diego, Cubs-Brewers would have been the 1 p.m. PT game on Saturday with the Dodgers playing at 6 p.m.
Game 2 for the Dodgers is at 5 p.m. PT on Sunday night, televised by FS1.
The rest of the start times for the Division Series have not yet been announced.
