Tuesday’s loss to the Miami Marlins extended the Los Angeles Dodgers’ losing streak to a season-worst five games and marked a third defeat in four head-to-head meetings between the two clubs this season.
Walker Buehler is next in line to attempt playing the role as stopper, as the young right-hander makes his fifth start of the season. Buehler enters 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA, 1.64 FIP and 1.00 WHIP, while setting and then matching a career high with eight strikeouts in his last two outings.
Buehler made his first MLB start against the Marlins, in which he scattered four hits and tossed five shutout innings to help the Dodgers win the lone game of that series at Dodger Stadium.