LOS ANGELES -- Walker Buehler is the next Dodgers starting pitcher tasked with keeping the club close enough early to unleash its late-inning offensive weaponry on a taxed Milwaukee bullpen. He fell a bit short in his last outing, but he fully expects to right the ship on Monday.
If Game 3 of the National League Championship Series follows the script of Games 1 and 2, the Dodgers will look to their rookie right-hander to prove that starting pitching still matters despite the "bullpenning" trend embraced by the Brewers. The best-of-seven series resumes on Monday at Dodger Stadium after the clubs split a pair at Miller Park.