Our Milwaukee Brewers vs Los Angeles Dodgers preview covers the odds, run line, moneyline, total, probable pitchers, first pitch time, TV channel and where to watch for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The No. 2-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers (100-62) host the No. 1-seeded Milwaukee Brewers (103-59) at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. Milwaukee won Game 3 6-2 on Wednesday night and leads the best-of-seven series 3-0. First pitch is 8:00 PM ET (5:00 PM PT). TV: FS1 / FOX One.
NLCS storyline: The NL’s two best regular-season teams are meeting in the NLCS for the second straight year: the 103-59 Brewers, who had the best record in the majors, and the 100-62 Dodgers, the two-time defending World Series champions, who swept Milwaukee in last year’s NLCS (MLB Stats API, MLB.com). Milwaukee won Game 1 2-1 and Game 2 7-4 at American Family Field, and the Brewers won Game 3 6-2 at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night; the Brewers lead 3-0 (MLB Stats API). The Brewers are one win from the World Series; a Milwaukee win on Thursday ends the series, and a Dodgers win sends it to Game 5 on Friday. Tyler Glasnow is the probable for the Dodgers, and the Brewers’ starter is TBD (not yet announced; the MLB Stats API lists no probable). DraftKings lists the Dodgers at -174 and the Brewers at +144 on the moneyline, with the total at 7.5.
Milwaukee Brewers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Odds, Run Line & Game Info
| Matchup | Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers |
|---|---|
| Series | National League Championship Series (NLCS), Game 4 — best-of-seven, 2-3-2 format; Brewers lead 3-0 |
| NLCS Games 1-3 | Game 1: Brewers won 2-1 (Sunday, Oct. 11, American Family Field); Game 2: Brewers won 7-4 (Monday, Oct. 12, American Family Field); Game 3: Brewers won 6-2 (Wednesday, Oct. 14, Dodger Stadium) |
| NLCS Schedule | Game 1: Sunday, Oct. 11, 8 PM ET (American Family Field); Game 2: Monday, Oct. 12, 5 PM ET (American Family Field); Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 8 PM ET (Dodger Stadium); Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 15, 8 PM ET (Dodger Stadium); Game 5*: Friday, Oct. 16, 9 PM ET (Dodger Stadium); Game 6*: Sunday, Oct. 18, 8 PM ET (American Family Field); Game 7*: Monday, Oct. 19, 8 PM ET (American Family Field) (*if necessary) |
| Seeds | Milwaukee Brewers No. 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers No. 2 (NL) |
| 2026 Records | Milwaukee Brewers 103-59 (48-33 on the road) | Los Angeles Dodgers 100-62 (51-30 at home) |
| NLDS Results | Brewers: beat the Padres 3-1 (W 3-2, W 4-3, L 3-4, W 3-1) | Dodgers: beat the Braves 3-1 (W 5-3, L 2-3, W 3-1, W 4-1) |
| How They Got Here | Brewers: First-round bye as NL Central champion; beat the No. 4 San Diego Padres 3-1 in the NLDS | Dodgers: First-round bye as NL West champion; beat the No. 3 Atlanta Braves 3-1 in the NLDS |
| Run Line | Brewers +1.5 (-151) | Dodgers -1.5 (+125) |
| Moneyline | Milwaukee Brewers: +144 | Los Angeles Dodgers: -174 |
| Total | O/U 7.5 (Over -110 / Under -110) |
| Probable Pitchers | Brewers: TBD (not yet announced) | Dodgers: Tyler Glasnow (RHP, 5-2, 3.53 ERA, 13 GS, 74.0 IP, 98 K, 25 BB, 0.95 WHIP; 4 2/3 IP, 1 ER in NLDS Game 4) |
| Managers | Milwaukee Brewers: Pat Murphy | Los Angeles Dodgers: Dave Roberts |
| Venue | UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Date / Time | Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 8:00 PM ET (5:00 PM PT) |
| TV / How to Watch | FS1 / FOX One (Spanish: Fox Deportes / FOX One) |
| 2026 Season Series | Brewers won the 2026 season series 4-3; Dodgers outscored them 27-25 |
Odds via DraftKings (through ESPN) as of Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, 11:15 PM ET. Opening line: Brewers +144 / Dodgers -174, total 7.5. Lines can move before first pitch.
Brewers vs Dodgers NLCS Series Context
Format: The NLCS is a best-of-seven series in a 2-3-2 format. Games 1 and 2 were played at American Family Field, home of the top-seeded Brewers; Games 3, 4 and 5 are at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Thursday (8 p.m. ET) and Friday (9 p.m. ET, if necessary); and Games 6 and 7, if necessary, return to Milwaukee on Sunday and Monday. The full schedule is in the table above (MLB Stats API).
Game 1: Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 2-1 at American Family Field on Sunday night. Decisions: W DL Hall, L Tarik Skubal, S Trevor Megill. Starters: Tarik Skubal (5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 81 pitches) for Los Angeles and Jacob Misiorowski (4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 94 pitches) for Milwaukee. Scoring plays (score after each): Andy Pages singles in the top of the second (1-0); Brice Turang homers in the bottom of the fourth (1-1); Luis Lara singles in the bottom of the fifth (1-2). Los Angeles had 7 hits and 0 errors, Milwaukee 6 hits and 0 errors (MLB Stats API box score and play-by-play).
Game 2: Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 7-4 at American Family Field on Monday afternoon. Decisions: W JoJo Romero, L Brock Stewart, S Aaron Ashby. Starters: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 75 pitches) for Los Angeles and Logan Henderson (4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 64 pitches) for Milwaukee. There were 10 scoring plays; the last was Jake Bauers singles in the bottom of the eighth (4-7). Los Angeles had 3 hits and 2 errors, Milwaukee 12 hits and 2 errors (MLB Stats API box score and play-by-play).
Game 3: Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 6-2 at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. Decisions: W DL Hall, L Blake Snell, S Trevor Megill. Starters: Robert Gasser (5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 72 pitches) for Milwaukee and Blake Snell (6 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 101 pitches) for Los Angeles. There were 6 scoring plays; the last was Joey Ortiz singles in the top of the ninth (6-2). Milwaukee had 9 hits and 0 errors, Los Angeles 5 hits and 0 errors (MLB Stats API box score and play-by-play).
Through three games: Milwaukee has outscored Los Angeles 15-7 and outhit the Dodgers 27-15 (MLB Stats API).
Division Series paths: Milwaukee beat San Diego 3-1, winning the first two games at home on late rallies and clinching at Petco Park in Game 4. Los Angeles beat Atlanta 3-1, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto striking out 10 in Game 3 and Andy Pages’ two-run single in the seventh deciding a 4-1 Game 4 win started by Glasnow (MLB Stats API box scores, MLB.com).
Head-to-head: Milwaukee won the 2026 season series 4-3, although Los Angeles outscored the Brewers 27-25. The Dodgers won two of three at American Family Field on May 22-24, and the Brewers won three of four at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 13-16 (MLB Stats API).
Milwaukee Brewers Preview: NLCS Game 4
Season in review: Manager Pat Murphy‘s Brewers went 103-59, the best record in the majors, won the NL Central and earned the NL’s No. 1 seed, going 55-26 at home and 48-33 on the road. Milwaukee scored 832 runs and allowed 618, hit .258 with a .341 on-base percentage and a .744 OPS, stole 162 bases and posted a 3.51 team ERA with 55 saves (MLB Stats API). Jake Bauers led the club with 26 homers and an .873 OPS, Jackson Chourio hit .291 with 25 homers, and Brice Turang drove in 100 runs (MLB Stats API team leaders).
Lineup notes: Milwaukee hit .250 (33-for-132) with 13 runs and three homers in the NLDS, with William Contreras going 6-for-16 with two homers and Christian Yelich 5-for-14 (MLB Stats API, MLB.com). In the NLCS, Turang homered in Game 1, and Contreras drove in three runs in Game 2, including a game-tying solo homer in the fifth inning (MLB Stats API box scores).
Bullpen and injuries: Brewers relievers covered 19 innings against San Diego with a 0.47 ERA, led by Aaron Ashby, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill (MLB.com). ESPN lists RHP Brandon Woodruff (shoulder, 60-day IL), who threw about 30 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday, along with RHP Quinn Priester (shoulder surgery) and relievers Brian Fitzpatrick and Angel Zerpa (elbow) on the 60-day IL and RHP Grant Anderson (biceps) on the 15-day IL.
Los Angeles Dodgers Preview: NLCS Game 4
Season in review: Manager Dave Roberts‘s Dodgers went 100-62 and won the NL West, including 51-30 at home and 49-32 on the road, and earned the NL’s No. 2 seed. Los Angeles scored 801 runs and allowed 600, hit .257 with a .762 OPS and 204 homers, and posted a 3.55 team ERA with 46 saves (MLB Stats API). Shohei Ohtani led the club with 30 homers and an .889 OPS, and Pages drove in a team-high 85 runs (MLB Stats API team leaders).
Lineup notes: Los Angeles hit .203 (27-for-133) with 14 runs and eight homers in the Division Series; Max Muncy hit three homers, Freddie Freeman two, and Kyle Tucker led the team with five hits (MLB Stats API box scores). The Dodgers had seven hits in Game 1 and three in Game 2 of the NLCS (MLB Stats API).
Bullpen and injuries: Dodgers pitchers posted a 2.00 ERA with 39 strikeouts in the NLDS (MLB Stats API). In Game 2, Yamamoto lasted 2 2/3 innings and seven relievers followed him (MLB Stats API box score). ESPN lists RHP Blake Treinen (shoulder) on the 15-day IL and cites Andrew Friedman saying he has not been ruled out for a return this postseason; RHPs Will Klein (elbow), Gavin Stone (shoulder), Ben Casparius (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol (back) and Jake Cousins (elbow) and LHP Eric Lauer (elbow) are on the 60-day IL.
Starting Pitchers: Brewers TBD vs Tyler Glasnow
Brewers: starter TBD. Milwaukee had not announced its Game 4 starter at build time, and the MLB Stats API lists no probable. The Brewers have used four starters this postseason: Jacob Misiorowski (NLDS Game 1 and NLCS Game 1 on Oct. 11; 16-5, 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts in 30 regular-season starts), Logan Henderson (NLDS Game 2 and NLCS Game 2 on Oct. 12; 11-3, 2.47 ERA in 18 starts), Dustin May (NLDS Game 3 on Oct. 6, then one inning of relief in NLCS Game 2; 7-9, 4.70 ERA in 31 starts) and Robert Gasser (NLDS Game 4 and NLCS Game 3). Misiorowski would be on three days’ rest on Thursday (MLB Stats API).
Dodgers: Tyler Glasnow (RHP). The 33-year-old right-hander went 5-2 with a 3.53 ERA in 13 starts this season, with 98 strikeouts, 25 walks, a 0.95 WHIP and a .175 opponents’ average in 74 innings; he made no appearances between May 6 and Aug. 25 (MLB Stats API game log). His home ERA was 4.25 in six starts and his road ERA 2.84 in seven, and he did not face Milwaukee this season. In NLDS Game 4 at Atlanta on Oct. 7 he allowed one run on one hit over 4 2/3 innings with five walks and five strikeouts (78 pitches) in the 4-1 clincher, and he has not pitched in the NLCS, so Thursday is his first appearance in eight days. In 17 career postseason games (14 starts) he is 2-6 with a 4.27 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 71 2/3 innings (MLB Stats API).
Key Matchup Notes: Brewers vs Dodgers Game 4
- Series state: The Brewers are one win from the World Series; a Milwaukee win on Thursday ends the series, and a Dodgers win sends it to Game 5 on Friday. Milwaukee has outscored Los Angeles 15-7 and outhit the Dodgers 27-15 (MLB Stats API).
- Glasnow’s control: Glasnow held opponents to a .175 average this season but walked five Braves in 4 2/3 innings in the NLDS clincher (MLB Stats API).
- Bullpens: In Game 3 on Wednesday, the Brewers used Abner Uribe (20), DL Hall (28) and Trevor Megill (18) in relief after Robert Gasser, and the Dodgers used Evan Phillips (10), Roki Sasaki (14) and Justin Wrobleski (32) after Blake Snell (pitch counts in parentheses; MLB Stats API). In Game 2, Milwaukee relievers were Dustin May (14), JoJo Romero (13), Abner Uribe (13) and Aaron Ashby (21), and Los Angeles’s were Alex Vesia (4), Roki Sasaki (14), Kris Bubic (22), Brock Stewart (12), Tanner Scott (13), Edgardo Henriquez (21) and Justin Wrobleski (11).
- Home and road: Los Angeles went 51-30 at home this season and Milwaukee 48-33 on the road, and the Brewers won three of four at Dodger Stadium in August (MLB Stats API). DraftKings lists the Game 4 total at 7.5.
How to Watch Milwaukee Brewers vs Los Angeles Dodgers – NLCS Game 4
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
First pitch: 8:00 PM ET (5:00 PM PT)
Venue: UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, Calif.
TV / Streaming: FS1, streaming on FOX One (MLB Stats API: FS1 / FOX ONE), with Spanish-language coverage on FOX Deportes (MLB Stats API: Fox Deportes / FOX ONE). In the U.S., the game is also available on MLB.TV with authentication to a participating pay-TV provider; Sportsnet carries it in Canada, with French-language coverage of the NL postseason on RDS (MLB.com).
The NLCS winner advances to the World Series against the ALCS winner (MLB Stats API). Game 5 is Friday, Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium, if necessary; Game 6 is Sunday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. ET at American Family Field, if necessary (MLB Stats API). Odds in the table above are as of the time shown and can change before the October 15, 2026 first pitch; official lineups are released closer to game time.