LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers return home after taking the first two games of the National League Championship Series in Milwaukee, putting Los Angeles in a dominant position over the Brewers heading into Game 3 on Thursday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.
Game 3 has a 3:08 p.m. PT start time, as the NL gets the early slot on a two-game day with the American League Championship Series Game 4 starting at 5:33 p.m. in Seattle.
TBS has the broadcast of the entire NLCS, with Brian Anderson calling play-by-play alongside analysts Ron Darling and Jeff Francoeur in the booth, plus Lauren Shehadi on the broadcast. The games are also simulcast on truTV and streamed on HBO Max.
In all best-of-seven postseason series in MLB history, teams leading 2-0 won 78 series in 93 tries (83.9 percent). In the best-of-seven NLCS (dating back to 1985), teams leading 2-0 won 14 of 17 series (82.4 percent).
Left-hander Jose Quintana will likely get the bulk of the innings for the Brewers on Thursday. Whether he starts or pitches in bulk relief after an opener hasn’t yet been revealed. Quintana missed the final two weeks of the regular season with a calf injury, but pitched three scoreless innings in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Cubs.
“At this point for me it’s a privilege to be here and help my team in the way or the role they need me at some point. If it’s to be in the bullpen, that’s great,” Quintana said Wednesday. “But it’s a short series, and you need just to be prepared and ready for whatever.”