LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler will start Game 3 for the Los Angeles Dodgers from Yankee Stadium on Monday night, keeping the rotation in line and setting up a bullpen day for Game 4.
Starting Buehler in Game 3 — rather than utilizing the off-day to run the bullpen game that night — lines him up as an option for a potential winner-take-all Game 7 from Dodger Stadium.
Buehler, who will oppose New York Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt, has generated less swing and miss with his fastball coming off a second Tommy John surgery, forcing him to reinvent himself in a high-stakes environment.
In Game 3 from Citi Field in New York last week, Buehler leaned on his curveball to escape tough jams, holding the New York Mets scoreless through four innings to set up an 8-0 victory.