The Dodgers fall 3-2 at San Francisco in Clayton Kershaw's first outing in a month and learn the injured Walker Buehler could be out until September.
Such was the dichotomy surrounding the Dodgers on Saturday, when neither their
According to Roberts, Buehler won’t need surgery and, as of now, is expected to pitch again. However, he won’t pick up a ball for six to eight weeks, then will need to rebuild arm strength and stamina, as if it were the start of spring training.Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler, who made an early exit against the Giants on Friday, is dealing with a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow.
“To lose him in any capacity is a blow,” Roberts said. “I think [other] guys understand that there’s going to be more asked of them.”Mookie Betts walks back to the dugout after striking out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning. The Dodgers stranded 14 runners in the loss. In his first five starts this year, he had a 1.80 ERA and the best strikeout rate of the team’s starters. And in his return Saturday from a SI joint inflammation in his lower back injury, an issue that had kept him off the mound since May 7, Kershaw looked solid, albeit unspectacular, as he resumed his season.