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Column: The Dodgers have good reasons to be patient, believe Walker Buehler can still dominate

SAN DIEGO —

The Dodgers believe.

They believe that Walker Buehler will once again be the pitcher he used to be, that he can once again be the man unafraid to scale the mound when the games count the most.

But how much will they stake on that belief?

Buehler’s second start wasn’t any better than his first, the former All-Star removed from a 4-0 defeat to the San Diego Padres with just one out in the fourth inning.

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