LOS ANGELES (AP) — Right-hander Walker Buehler will start Game 3 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers . Manager Dave Roberts made the announcement before Game 2 on Saturday for the Dodgers, who won the series opener 6-3 on Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning. Game 3 will be at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.
“We just love Walker in big games,” Roberts said. “The road isn’t going to faze him. It also allows him potentially to be available for a Game 7, too.
” Buehler has made two postseason starts for the Dodgers this fall, both on the road. He took a loss in San Diego on Oct. 8 after giving up six runs in the second inning of his five-inning start, but he rebounded to throw four scoreless innings with six strikeouts against the Mets in Game 3 of the NLCS on Oct.
16. Buehler has been a mainstay of the Dodgers' rotation when healthy over the past seven years, but the 30-year-old veteran is still working his way back to full strength after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery late in the 2022 season. Buehler attempted to return for last season's playoffs, but couldn't do it.
He finally got back to the Dodgers in early May, but he struggled through eight starts before going back on the injured list with a hip injury. The two-time NL All-Star missed nearly two months of the regular season before returning in mid-August and making several improved starts down the stretch. Buehler has rarely been at his best since getting back to the ma.
