The four best teams in Major League Baseball are currently competing in their respective leagues' championship series, the right to advance to the World Series and compete for the Commissioner's Trophy at stake.

Max Muncy stood near the edge of the Dodgers’ batting cage, which by late Friday had plunged into chaos. Plastic sheets hung on the walls and covered the ground, catching champagne corks and empty beer bottles.

Shohei Ohtani hit three home runs and pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers, putting on a spectacular two-way show in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

The Dodgers have won the National League pennant for a second year in a row, dispatching the Milwaukee Brewers in four games in the NLCS. That earned Los Angeles a return trip to the World Series, which will begin on Friday,

By sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS, the Dodgers have given themselves a 6-day break before the World Series starts Friday.

Tommy Edman hit a tiebreaking single off hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski in a two-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 to take a 3-0 lead in their NL Championship Series.

The Milwaukee Brewers season is over but the team had already started making moves for next season before the NLCS.

The Los Angeles Dodgers took a 3-0 series lead on the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night, improving their odds to represent the National League in the World Series from -1500 to -5000. The Dodgers now send Shohei Ohtani to the mound in Game 4 and are -200 to clinch the series sweep.