League Championship start times

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com

Major League Baseball announced start times for the upcoming National League Championship Series. The Cardinals, of course, have to win on Friday in order to move on and face the 2010 World Champion Giants. Here’s a look at those LCS game times:

• Game 1 (Oct. 14) – 7:15 p.m. CT
• Game 2 (Oct. 15) – 7:07 p.m. CT
• Game 3 (Oct. 17) – 3:07 p.m. CT
• Game 4 (Oct. 18) – 7:07 p.m. CT
• *Game 5 (Oct. 19) – 7:07 p.m. CT
• *Game 6 (Oct. 21) – 3:45 p.m. CT or 6:45 p.m. CT
• *Game 7 (Oct. 22) – 7:07 p.m. CT

* If necessary games

** If the Cardinals advance to play the Giants, Games 3, 4, and 5 will be played at Busch Stadium. Giants will have home-field advantage because they won their division.

*** Game 6 will begin in the afternoon if the ALCS goes a full seven games. If the ALCS is over by Oct. 21, the LCS game will move to the later start time.

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