By Field Level Media<\/p>\n
Oct 03 (Field Level Media) \u2013 Major League Baseball announced Saturday that San Diego Padres right-hander Walker Buehler has been placed on the postseason \u200bpaternity list.<\/p>\n
During the two-time All-Star\u2019s absence, right-hander Randy \u200cVasquez will be on the active roster for the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n
Buehler, 32, is permitted to be away from the Padres for one to three days. Upon his return, \u200che \u200bwill replace Vazquez on the NLDS \u2060roster.<\/p>\n
Game 1 of the \u2060best-of-five series is in Milwaukee on Saturday night, which would have been Buehler\u2019s turn in the rotation. He held the Brewers to one run on three hits in \u200bsix innings in an 11-2 victory in San Diego on Aug. 11.<\/p>\n
Game 2 is Sunday in Milwaukee. The \u2060earliest Buehler can pitch is Game \u20603 when the series shifts to San Diego \u200bon Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Left-hander Robbie Ray is the Padres\u2019 scheduled starter \u200bfor Game 1, followed by right-hander Michael King for \u200cGame 2.<\/p>\n
Ray will be opposed by hard-throwing right-hander Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA), who leads the majors in ERA and strikeouts (252 in 174 2\/3 innings).<\/p>\n
Buehler\u2019s wife, McKenzie, is expected to \u2060give birth to their second child on Saturday, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Their daughter, Finley, was born in January \u20602024.<\/p>\n
Buehler was 9-6 \u200cwith a 4.63 ERA in 32 starts \u2060in his first season with the Padres. \u200bA two-time \u200cWorld Series champion with the Los Angeles \u200bDodgers, Buehler \u2060did not pitch in the NL wild-card sweep against the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n
He is 4-4 with a 3.04 ERA in 19 appearances (18 starts) in the postseason.<\/p>\n
Vasquez, 27, was 10-6 with a 3.90 ERA in 32 games (23 starts) this season for San \u200bDiego.<\/p>\n
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