After two days off following an early end to both the ALDS and NLDS matchups, the MLB playoffs are back in action on Friday with the start of the Championship Series.
On the National League side, the Los Angeles Dodgers dispatched the Atlanta Braves in four games, and they'll now head to Milwaukee to take on a Brewers team that swept the Colorado Rockies in dominant fashion.
In the American League, the defending champion Houston Astros also swept their way through the ALDS with a decisive victory over the Cleveland Indians, while the Boston Red Sox survived a four-game series with the rival New York Yankees to finally return to the ALCS after back-to-back early exits the past two seasons.