The Dodgers are hoping a day off and better plate discipline will help them crawl out of an 0-2 NLCS series hole against the Braves in Game 3 Tuesday.
And beneath all those questions, in fine print, will be the reason the Dodgers found themselves in another tight game to begin with: the offense, so potent on paper and computer screens, vanished again.Corey Seager’s two-run home run
“Any time guys are in scoring position, you want to try to not do too much and use the whole field, grind them out, take your knocks,” Taylor said. “We got to do a better job of that.” As a result, Los Angeles has been held to fewer than five runs in six of their eight games this postseason. It’s in a stark contrast to last October when the Dodgers set the major league record for most two-out RBIs in a single postseason.
Buehler will start on extra rest after pitching in Game 4 of the NLDS last Tuesday on three days’ rest. The right-hander logged 4 1/3 innings of one-run ball as the Dodgers stayed alive, forcing a Game 5. On Monday, Buehler said he dealt with a sickness when the team returned to San Francisco for the elimination game, but he declined to elaborate.Buehler will work opposite 37-year-old Charlie Morton, a familiar foe for the Dodgers in October.
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