Best-of-5 series begins on Thursday, Oct. 4 in Los Angeles
The Atlanta Braves were the first National League team to punch their ticket to the postseason, but they will have to open their National League Division Series on the road. The Braves will start the first round of the playoffs on Thursday, Oct. 4 in Los Angeles against the NL West-champion Dodgers.
Atlanta’s impressive array of young talent accelerated their rebuild process, led by 20-year-old superstar Ronald Acuña Jr., who hit .293/.366/.552 with 26 home runs in only 111 games in his first taste of the big leagues.
The Braves won the NL East going away, but finished with 90 wins, one fewer than the Dodgers had before beating the Colorado Rockies in the NL West tiebreaker on Monday afternoon.
This is the sixth straight NL West title for the Dodgers, the third longest streak since divisional play began in 1969, trailing only the 11 straight by the Braves (1995-2005) and nine consecutive by the Yankees (1998-2006).
The Dodgers won five of their seven games against the Braves during the regular season, including two of three in Los Angeles in June and three of four in Atlanta in July.
The NLDS begins Thursday, Oct. 4 in Dodger Stadium.
The NL Division Series will be televised on either Fox Sports 1 or MLB Network.