Of all the starting pitchers on National League contenders, Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler rank first and second in earned-run average since the All-Star break. The Dodgers have 11 games left in the regular season, starting Tuesday, and Kershaw and Buehler could start six of them.
Kershaw starts Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies, with Buehler to follow on Wednesday. Each is scheduled to start in next week’s series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
If the season comes down to the final series in San Francisco, Kershaw could start the next-to-last day against the Giants, with Buehler set to start the last day.