2026 World Series schedule
The 2023 World Series logo before game one between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Oct. 27, 2023. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports Credit: USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect (Reuters)
Major League Baseball announced the start times for all seven games of the World Series beginning Friday, Oct. 23.
Each game in the best-of-seven series will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. The Milwaukee Brewers will host Games 1 and 2 after they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday at Dodger Stadium to win the National League Championship Series.
The start times and broadcast schedule for the 2026 World Series have been announced! pic.twitter.com/amwc91hisC
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Either the Cleveland Guardians or Tampa Bay Rays will host Games 3, 4 and 5 depending on the outcome of the American League Championship Series. The series will then shift back to Milwaukee if necessary for Games 6 and 7.
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Fox will air the World Series in the United States and stream games on its Fox One platform.
Because the Brewers (103) won more games than any team during baseball’s regular season, they clinched home-field advantage throughout the postseason. That includes the World Series, which will come to Milwaukee for the first time since 1982.
The Rays have home-field advantage for the ALCS and AL Division Series because they had the best regular season record of any AL team (98-64).
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The NBA‘s Milwaukee Bucks were scheduled to play their first home game of the 2026-27 season on the same day as Game 1 of the World Series.
Earlier Friday, the Bucks announced they would move their home opener from 7 p.m. Central time to 3 p.m. to accommodate the Brewers and their fans, and make it possible for locals to watch both games without having to choose one or the other.
“The Brewers’ return to the World Series for the first time in 44 years is a special moment for Milwaukee and sports fans across Wisconsin,” the Bucks wrote in a statement on social media.