The Milwaukee Brewers have an opportunity to finish a National League Championship Series sweep, while the Los Angeles Dodgers face elimination at home. Milwaukee enters Game 4 of the 2026 NLCS with a 3-0 series lead after winning the first three games. For fans looking for the first-pitch time, confirmed starters, television coverage and the significance of a potential sweep, the most important detail is a late schedule change: this game was moved one hour earlier than originally announced.
Game 4 is scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00) at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. That is 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−04:00) and 7:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−05:00) in Milwaukee. For international readers, the corresponding time is Friday, October 16, 2026, at 00:00 UTC.
MLB's original postseason schedule showed 9:00 p.m. EDT, equivalent to October 16 at 01:00 UTC. On October 14, MLB announced the move to 8:00 p.m. EDT as part of adjustments to both championship-series games on October 15. Use the updated time rather than the original listing.
| Game information | Confirmed details |
|---|---|
| Matchup | Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Round | 2026 National League Championship Series, Game 4 |
| Series entering Game 4 | Brewers lead 3-0 |
| Ballpark | UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles |
| First pitch in Los Angeles | October 15, 5:00 p.m. PDT (UTC−07:00) |
| First pitch in UTC | October 16, 00:00 UTC |
| U.S. television | FS1; FOX Deportes (Spanish) |
| Streaming | FOX One; other access subject to provider and territory |
MLB identifies left-hander Shane Drohan as Milwaukee's Game 4 starter. This is set up as a bullpen-oriented game rather than a guaranteed traditional long start. The appearance marks Drohan's postseason debut, according to MLB's official Game 4 preview and lineup report. Milwaukee's staff entered the game with a 1.74 postseason ERA, giving manager Pat Murphy several options to protect a narrow lead.
The Brewers used significant relief innings in Game 3. DL Hall recorded seven outs after the Dodgers briefly went ahead, and Trevor Megill collected a four-out save. Those workloads matter when considering whom Milwaukee can use late in Game 4; they do not, by themselves, establish which reliever will pitch in any specific inning.
The Dodgers counter with right-hander Tyler Glasnow. MLB's Game 4 preview credits him with a 1.73 ERA across his postseason pitching appearances entering this matchup. His immediate assignment is to keep Los Angeles close enough for an offense that has struggled to sustain rallies against Milwaukee's pitching.
Los Angeles has more than a starting-pitcher problem to solve. It needs baserunners, productive at-bats with men aboard and a relief plan for every close inning. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has an elimination-game decision tree to manage; any pitcher change will depend on the actual score, workload and matchups, not merely the scheduled starter's name.
The series results entering Game 4 are straightforward: Milwaukee won Game 1, 2-1, on October 11; Game 2, 7-4, on October 12; and Game 3, 6-2, on October 14. The first two games were in Milwaukee, and Game 3 shifted to Los Angeles. The sequence is recorded in MLB's official 2026 postseason schedule.
Game 3 offered a particularly clear example of the Brewers' resilience. Jackson Chourio homered on the opening pitch. Will Smith then drove in two runs with a double in the sixth inning to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. Milwaukee answered in the seventh: Jake Bauers completed an 11-pitch at-bat with a two-run homer off Blake Snell, and Garrett Mitchell followed with another home run. Milwaukee ultimately won 6-2. The sequence is documented in MLB's Game 3 recap.
That is why Game 4 cannot be reduced to a single question about star power. Los Angeles must keep pressure on a Milwaukee club that has repeatedly answered its scoring, while the Brewers need only one more win to claim the pennant.
Illustrative example only—not an actual Game 4 score, prediction or reported play: imagine that Los Angeles leads 2-1 after six innings, Glasnow has exited, and Milwaukee has runners reaching base against a Dodgers reliever. For a viewer, the headline is not simply that the home team is ahead. It is that the next pitching matchup and the next few plate appearances could determine whether the Dodgers extend their season.
In that hypothetical seventh inning, watch three connected decisions. First, does Los Angeles select a pitcher who matches up well with the Brewers' next hitters? Second, can the Dodgers prevent free baserunners that turn one extra-base hit into multiple runs? Third, if Los Angeles preserves the lead, can its lineup add insurance against Milwaukee's later-inning arms? These questions make the situation easier to interpret without pretending to know the manager's upcoming choices.
Reverse the example and suppose Milwaukee leads 2-1 entering the seventh. Its bullpen depth becomes the central issue: how aggressively should Murphy turn to rested options after Hall and Megill's work in Game 3? A one-run lead is valuable, but it is not a final result. The practical lesson for viewers is to follow the base-out situation and available pitchers instead of treating a middle-inning lead as proof of an eventual sweep.
Yes. A Milwaukee victory in Game 4 would complete a 4-0 NLCS sweep and send the Brewers to their first World Series since 1982. For Los Angeles, a victory would not erase the deficit; it would change the series to 3-1 and require three additional Dodgers wins to advance.
The comeback hurdle is historically steep. MLB reported that teams leading 3-0 in best-of-seven postseason series had won 41 of the previous 42 such series; the 2004 Boston Red Sox, against the New York Yankees in the ALCS, were the lone team to erase that deficit and win. The Brewers are therefore overwhelmingly advantaged by the series score, but historical frequency is not a guarantee of Game 4's outcome.
There is an additional reversal at stake. The Dodgers swept the Brewers in the 2025 NLCS. According to MLB, Milwaukee could become the first club to be swept by an opponent in one postseason and then sweep that same opponent in a postseason series the following year. That makes Game 4 about more than advancing: the Brewers have a chance to flip the story of last October.
In the United States, FS1 carries the national English-language television broadcast, with FOX Deportes providing Spanish-language coverage. FOX One is also listed by MLB for the game. MLB notes that authenticated MLB.TV subscribers with access through a participating pay-TV provider can watch applicable postseason broadcasts; a standalone subscription should not be assumed to grant unrestricted access.
For audio, MLB lists ESPN Radio for national postseason coverage and Univision's TUDN Radio for Spanish-language coverage of the League Championship Series. International viewing arrangements differ by territory and rights holder, so check the authorized local broadcaster rather than assuming U.S. services will work everywhere.
For a confirmed game status, current score, substitutions and final result once available, consult MLB Gameday for Brewers at Dodgers on October 15, 2026. The information here is a Game 4 preview based on MLB's published pregame reports, not a claim about an in-progress or completed result.
If the Brewers win, the National League Championship Series ends and Milwaukee moves on to the World Series, scheduled by MLB to begin on Friday, October 23, 2026. If the Dodgers win, Game 5 is scheduled for Friday, October 16, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (UTC−07:00) in Los Angeles, equivalent to 9:00 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) and Saturday, October 17, at 01:00 UTC. Games 6 and 7 would be played only if necessary. Postseason times remain subject to MLB changes.
The decisive question in this matchup is simple: can Milwaukee produce one more complete performance, or can Los Angeles combine Glasnow's start, timely hitting and late-inning relief to keep the series alive? That is what makes the Dodgers-Brewers NLCS Game 4 worth watching, irrespective of which outcome eventually arrives.
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