Dodgers-Astros expected to be hottest World Series ever

If you're headed to the World Series, maybe leave your coat at home.

Due to an excessive heat warning in place for Los Angeles, temperatures for Tuesday's Game 1 between the Dodgers and Houston Astros are expected to climb to 100 degrees Fahrenheit at Dodger Stadium. If the forecast holds, it would set a World Series record as the first Fall Classic game to reach triple digits, according to MLB.com's Mike Petriello.

Don't expect Game 2 to provide much relief, either. Wednesday's second encounter is expected to be played at 97 F.

Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts doesn't believe the heat will affect his players, though, especially staff ace Clayton Kershaw, who will open the series opposite Astros southpaw Dallas Keuchel.

"Fortunately, we've had a great year of weather. In Los Angeles, I think our estimation of hot is still relative to being in Southern California, being near the coast," Roberts said, acccording to Petriello. "And the guy taking the baseball for us, I don't think he's concerned about a little spike in heat, so we feel good."

The current hottest World Series game ever recorded was in 2001, when the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks played Game 1 at Chase Field - then known as Bank One Ballpark - in 94 F.