ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 08: Chris Taylor #3, Cody Bellinger #35 and Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate after a 12-3 win in Game 3 of the NLDS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Globe Life Field on Thursday, October 8, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
What to Know
- The Dodgers and Braves have swept through the postseason with undefeated records.
- Game 1 is scheduled for Monday.
- The winner earns a trip to the World Series against the ALCS winner.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will open the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves on Monday in a matchup of Major League Baseball's only two teams to sweep both their first two 2020 postseason series.
The Dodgers advanced to the NLCS for the fourth time in five years with a 12-3 victory over the San Diego Padres Thursday to complete a three-game sweep of their best-of-five National League Division Series.
The Braves qualified for the NLCS for the first time since 2001 with a 7-0 victory over the Miami Marlins earlier Thursday to sweep NLDS. The shutout was Atlanta's fourth in its five 2020 postseason games.
Here's what to know about the upcoming series.
Series Schedule
Time have yet to be determined.
- Game 1: Monday
- Game 2: Tuesday
- Game 3: Wednesday
- Game 4: Thursday
- Game 5: Friday
- Game 6: Saturday
- Game 7: Sunday
Matchup History
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This will be the fourth postseason meeting between the Dodgers and Atlanta. The previous three were all in the division series, with the Braves sweeping the Dodgers in 1996 and the Dodgers winning in four games in 2013 and 2018.
Location
Like the Dodgers-Padres series, the NLDS will be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The final three rounds of baseball's postseason are being played at neutral sites in an attempt to reduce the possibility of spreading the coronavirus.
Tickets
Unlike the previous rounds or the regular season, a limited amount of tickets were sold to the public. Tickets in the seating bowl were sold in groups of four contiguous seats, called pods. Seats within each pod could not be broken apart for sale.
Each pod is a minimum of six feet from each other. No seats were sold within 20 feet of where a player can be located on the field, in the dugouts or in the bullpen.
Masks will be mandatory for all fans except when actively eating or drinking at their ticketed seats.
What's Next?
The winner of this series advances to the World Series against the winner of the American League Championship Series. The Houston Astros are waiting to see which team they'll play -- the Yankees or Rays -- in the ALCS.
