It’s Day 5 of the League Championship Series — and we’ve got one series tied, while the other could end as soon as tonight.
After splitting the first two games in Tampa Bay, the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays will face off at Progressive Field in the day’s first game, as the Guardians try to bounce back from a loss in Game 2 of the ALCS. Then, in what could be the finale of the NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers will look to continue their dominant championship series run and sweep the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
Who will take the edge in the ALCS? And can the Dodgers stave off elimination — or will the Brewers advance to their first World Series appearance since 1982?
Stay tuned for lineups, game action and postgame analysis from ALCS Game 3 and NLCS Game 4.
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Highlights from Cleveland
Halpin’s homer, um, flips lead back to Guardians
PETEY HALPIN!
GUARDIANS LEAD! https://t.co/IGTS1y8p8T
— MLB (@MLB) October 15, 2026
🎵 If you believe
They put a bat on the moon
Bat on the moon 🎵 https://t.co/EfBPpUIN8Q— MLB (@MLB) October 15, 2026
Simpson silences Cleveland crowd with two-run triple
CHANDLER SIMPSON GO-AHEAD TRIPLE! https://t.co/3qrpyZffD7
— MLB (@MLB) October 15, 2026
2nd time through not as dominant. 2b, BB, 3b and now the Rays lead 2-1 Top 4. Should Kwan have caught that leadoff double?
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) October 15, 2026
Gavin gettin’ it done early
Gavin Williams is perfect though 3. Getting it done with his sweeper and curve. Just 6 fastballs out of 32 pitches. Cleveland leads 1-0 bot 3.
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) October 15, 2026
For all the great pitching in the postseason, no one looks better than Gavin Williams right now. His stuff is huge and through three innings of Game 3, he’s got 28 strikes on 35 pitches and five Ks. Another Guardians pitching-development success story in a long line of them.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 15, 2026
Guardians score first on Lowe’s double
Nathaniel Lowe puts the Guardians on the board first in Game 3! https://t.co/hPpRSya8Ui
— MLB (@MLB) October 15, 2026
A series-defining day?
Guardians/Rays starting up. Williams v Jax. Last time Williams was on the mound, he was striking out White Sox hitters left and right. We’ll see what he has in the tank today. Winner of series tied 1-1 goes on to win 70 percent of the time.
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) October 15, 2026
Starting pitchers: Shane Drohan vs. Tyler Glasnow
Lineups
Brewers
TBD
Dodgers
TBD
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