Dodgers’ New Challenge? Maintaining Momentum for the World Series
The Dodgers secured the National League pennant by winning nine of their last ten games and will seek back-to-back titles starting Oct. 24.
- On Friday, Oct. 24 the Los Angeles Dodgers will open the World Series against either the Seattle Mariners or Toronto Blue Jays, with the site decided by the ALCS winner.
- By winning nine out of 10 to close the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers built momentum with a five-game winning streak and dominated the Milwaukee Brewers, capped by Shohei Ohtani's historic exclamation point.
- The schedule continues with Game 2 on Saturday, Oct. 25, and Game 3 on Monday, Oct. 27, with Games 4–7 scheduled through Nov. 1 if necessary.
- Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the club will get creative to fill the six-day break with live batting practice, intrasquad games and planning.
- Historical outcomes are split between earlier sweepers who faltered and recent sweepers who prevailed, as the Los Angeles Dodgers seek back-to-back titles for the first time in 25 years.
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Dodgers’ new challenge? Maintaining momentum for the World Series
LOS ANGELES — Well, they got their bye. Finishing without one of the top two records in the National League this year for the first time since 2018, the Dodgers rolled right into the postseason without the five-day break that comes with a No. 1 or 2 seed. They haven’t stopped rolling, winning nine out of 10 (tagged on to a five-game winning streak to end the regular season) over the Reds, Phillies and Brewers to reach the World Series for the fi…
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