The Los Angeles Dodgers will host the Atlanta Braves in tonight's HotCut. Walker Buehler starts for the 31-31 Dodgers. Brandon McCarthy pitches for the 36-26 Braves. McCarthy, you will recall, pitched for the Dodgers from 2015-2017, though he made only 29 starts across that three-year span. This season for Atlanta he has posted a 1.50 WHIP with 52 strikeouts against 19 walks over 63 and 1/3 innings. Buehler has started eight games this season for Los Angeles, bolstering a rotation that is currently without Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill and Kenta Maeda. Buehler has made eight starts and posted a sterling 1.02 WHIP while striking out 50 batters and walking only 11 across 46 innings (eight starts). Not bad! Tonight's game will start at 19:10 Pacific daylight in Chavez Ravine.
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