Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Washington Nationals Live Stream: How To Watch Game 5 Of The MLB Playoffs For Free

By Josh Sorokach @joshsorokach
Published Oct. 13, 2016, 7:00 p.m. ET

There’s nothing quite like an elimination game! After staving off elimination on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers hope they can summon some more clutch hitting when they take on the Washington Nationals in Game 5 of the NLDS! With two outs in the eighth inning, Chase Utley singled home the tiebreaking run lifting the Dodgers to a Game 4 victory. Can the Nationals rebound or will Los Angeles’ timely hitting streak continue? One team is advancing to the NLCS tonight, so let’s find out who it will be!

WHAT TIME DOES THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS GAME BEGIN?

The Dodgers and Nationals game is scheduled to start at 8:00 P.M. Eastern.

HOW DO I LIVE STREAM THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS VS. WASHINGTON NATIONALS GAME?

The Nationals/Dodgers game is being broadcast on FOX Sports 1. If you have a cable subscription, and (this is important) you are receiving the broadcast in your area, you’re all set: you can live stream the Nats/Dodgers game for free via the Fox Sports Go app, available on iTunes, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, Android, and more.

Cordcutters can watch via Sling TV, whose Blue package carries FOX Sports 1 (more on Sling below).

Another option is MLB.TV’s Postseason Package, where you can watch every World Series game and select Postseason games live for $9.99. Dodgers/Nationals games that air on the MLB Network will be available to stream, but, unfortunately, games that are broadcast on FOX Sports 1 are not available through this package. Eligible subscribers must authenticate though a (you guessed it) Participating Pay TV Provider.

And let’s not forget about PlayStation Vue. Subscribers to their ‘Access’ basic cable streaming service have access to FOX Sports 1.

HOW CAN I GET SLING TV?

This is a terrific time to check out Sling TV. The service’s Blue package, which includes access to USA, TBS, Comedy Central, and FOX Sports 1, normally costs $25 a month, but the company is currently offering subscribers a free one-week trial of the service. Then, from there, you can either download the Sling desktop app (if you’re watching on a desktop or laptop computer), or download the Sling app for iOS/Apple devices, Android, Roku, Microsoft, Nexus player, ZTE or XBox One.