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Davey Martinez threw Stephen Strasburg out in the NL Wild Card Game for three innings of relief work, and he got a scoreless inning from Max Scherzer in Game 2 of the NLDS, so, he was asked going into Game 3 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, did he have any starters ready to come out of the bullpen again?

“That remains to be seen,” Martinez said coyly.

“I mean we’ll see how the game goes. I’ve said this before, everybody talks about a series and these playoffs, but you are really playing a one-game series every night.