This NLCS has not started out well for the Dodgers and it’s starting to feel a lot like the 2020 NLCS. Los Angeles has dropped two games already to the Braves and although they could’ve easily gone in favor of the Dodgers, they’ll head back to Dodger Stadium with a deficit to cut into. They’ll do so behind Walker Buehler.
Buehler who last pitched in Game 4 of the NLDS, will make his first appearance in the NLCS. A bullpen game to start the series didn’t work out well enough, and Dave Roberts pulled Max Scherzer out earlier in game 2, albeit Scherzer was worn out by then.