Cubs vs. Dodgers live stream, NLCS 2016: Time, TV schedule, and how to watch Game 4 online

After consecutive shutouts, the Cubs will have to hope their offense wakes up on Wednesday night against the Dodgers, who will be sending a 20-year-old rookie to the mound.

Game 4 starts at 8:08 p.m. Wednesday and airs on Fox Sports 1. Joe Buck will call the play-by-play action, John Smoltz will provide color commentary, and Ken Rosenthal will be reporting.

After becoming the youngest Dodgers pitcher in franchise history to appear in a playoff game during Game 5 of the NLDS, Julio Urias will make his first career postseason start Wednesday night. The rookie pitched to a 3.39 ERA in the regular season, even striking out more than one batter per inning. Urias’ control, however, may be a concern, as he walked 31 batters in 77 innings this season. If Urias cannot locate his pitches, manager Dave Roberts may have to pull Urias early and go to someone besides closer Kenley Jansen to do it.

The Cubs plan to counter Urias’ youth with the experience of 37-year-old John Lackey. The big right-hander posted a 3.35 ERA and 180 strikeouts in 188 ¹⁄₃ innings this season. Lackey has also totaled 131 ¹⁄₃ postseason innings over his career, the most of any active pitcher. He only pitched four innings in his one NLDS start, however, giving up three runs before being pulled. Lackey may be poised for a better start vs. the Dodgers Wednesday, as he has a career 1.75 ERA against them in 12 appearances.

One of the big questions for the Cubs has been the relative disappearance of first baseman Anthony Rizzo at the plate. Rizzo has been mired in a slump, going 1-26 in his first six postseason games. He has still contributed defensively at first base, avoiding any errors thus far in the postseason and contributing on five double plays. Nevertheless, the Cubs still seem to be missing the offensive output of Rizzo, who hit 32 home runs, drove in 109 runs, and hit .292 with a .385 on-base percentage this season.

The Dodgers have been heavily reliant on their closer, Kenley Jansen. Jansen, who did not have to get six outs on any occasion this season and only pitched more than one inning four times in 2016, has increasingly been used as a multi-inning reliever. In both Game 5 of the NLDS and Game 2 of the NLCS, manager Dave Roberts called on Jansen to get six or more outs, and he recorded another four outs on Tuesday. In all three of those occasions, Jansen did not allow a run.

The Dodgers may have to rely on Jansen to work for multiple innings again on Wednesday night if they have to maintain a narrow lead late in the game, but maybe this will be the game where Roberts gives Jansen a breather.

When: 8:08 p.m. ET

Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

TV: FS1

Streaming: Fox Sports Go or Postseason.tv

Radio: ESPN Radio