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Dodger Blue > Featured > Rays Vs. Dodgers Game 3 Preview: Austin Barnes Catches Walker Buehler In Swing Game
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Rays Vs. Dodgers Game 3 Preview: Austin Barnes Catches Walker Buehler In Swing Game

Matt Borelli
October 23, 2020
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Austin Barnes, Walker Buehler
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After a much-needed off day, the Los Angeles Dodgers return to action to take on the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of the World Series at Globe Life Field.

Walker Buehler gets the start, having last pitched in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves. He tossed six shutout innings with seven strikeouts, helping the Dodgers force a winner-take-all Game 7.

Buehler has been dominant this postseason as a whole. He enters Friday’s start against the Rays with a 1-0 record, 1.89 ERA and 1.37 WHIP in 19 innings pitched (four starts).

Tampa Bay counters with Charlie Morton, who similarly has been excellent during the playoffs. He helped the Rays avoid a historic collapse by compiling 5.2 scoreless innings against his former Houston Astros team in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.

In three starts this month, Morton is a perfect 3-0 with a minuscule 0.57 ERA and 0.96 WHIP across 15.2 innings of work.

The Dodgers have some familiar with Morton, twice seeing him during the 2017 World Series when the right-hander was a member of the Houston Astros. He started Game 3, holding the Dodgers to just one run on three hits over 6.1 innings.

Morton then appeared out of the bullpen, again allowing just one run as he tossed four innings to earn a win and help the Astros claim a title that has since been tarnished.

Like Dodgers manager Dave Roberts indicated would likely be the case, Austin Barnes is catching Buehler. The two paired well in Game 6 of the NLCS, during which Buehler credited Barnes for guiding him through a bases-loaded jam.

The Dodgers have both catchers in their lineup as Will Smith is the designated hitter.

Dodgers lineup

RF: Mookie Betts
SS: Corey Seager
3B: Justin Turner
1B: Max Muncy
DH: Will Smith
CF: Cody Bellinger
2B: Chris Taylor
LF: Joc Pederson
C: Austin Barnes

Rays lineup

DH: Austin Meadows
2B: Brandon Lowe
LF: Randy Arozarena
1B: Ji-Man Choi
RF: Manuel Margot
3B: Joey Wendle
SS: Willy Adames
CF: Kevin Kiermaier
C: Mike Zunino

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TAGGED:2020 MLB postseason2020 World SeriesLos Angeles DodgersTampa Bay Rays
ByMatt Borelli
Matt Borelli covers the Los Angeles Dodgers as a staff writer for Dodger Blue and holds similar responsibilities for Lakers Nation, a sister site with an emphasis on the Los Angeles Lakers. He also contributes to RamsNewswire.com and RaidersNewswire.com. An avid fantasy sports player, Matt is a former 2014 MLB Beat the Streak co-champion. His favorite Dodgers moment, among a list of many, is Clayton Kershaw's no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies in 2014. Follow him on Twitter: @mcborelli.
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