Dodgers manager praises Walker Buehler's NLCS outing after prior struggles in return from Tommy John surgery

17.10.2024 - 11:13 foxnews.com

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW YORK, NY – Walker Buehler's regular season couldn't have gone much worse following a return from Tommy John surgery, but on Wednesday night, he looked like his old self.

The 30-year-old Buehler, who was once probably considered the ace of this Los Angeles Dodgers staff, sans Clayton Kershaw, pitched to a career-worst 5.38 ERA in 16 starts this year.

With other injuries to the Dodgers rotation, including Kerhsaw, Buehler was tabbed as a starter almost out of necessity. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Walker Buehler #21 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during Game 3 of the NLCS presented by loanDepot between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets at Citi Field on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in New York, New York. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) His first postseason start was a microcosm of his regular season: bad.

He allowed six earned runs in five innings against the San Diego Padres in what could have been his final outing of the season.

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NEW YORK — As Game 4 evolved and the margin shrank, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was confronted with an interesting choice — the type one hardly confronts in the high-stakes environment of a World Series. One was to use his best relievers in hopes that his offense might come all the way back, giving the Dodgers the best possible opportunity to clinch a title. The other was to essentially punt, utilizing lower-leverage relievers to save his best arms for another day.

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Freeman homers again as Dodgers take 3-0 World Series stranglehold against slumping Yankees

Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game and Walker Buehler pitched another World Series gem as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Fall Classic.

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NEW YORK — Walker Buehler pitched five scoreless innings, Freddie Freeman belted a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers continued to act like the deeper, better, more sound team in this World Series, beating the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to take a commanding three-games-to-none lead. Now, to somehow win it all, the Yankees will have to become the second team ever — after the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series — to win four consecutive games with their season on the line in a best-of-seven series.