NEW YORK (KABC) — With the scores tied at one game apiece, starting pitcher Walker Buehler will take the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Mets in Game 3 of the NLCS on Wednesday.

“I feel good. I’m confident,” Buehler told the media. “I think for a long time my confidence was probably one of my strongest points. This year it wavered a little bit at times.”

Buehler, a two-time All-Star who has pitched in several major playoff games for the Dodgers, is ending his most challenging regular season after returning from a second Tommy John surgery. He went 1-6 with an ERA of 5.38.

In his last start, Buehler pitched five innings and allowed six runs in Game 3 of the NLDS against the San Diego Padres. All the runs allowed in that game came in the second inning, with the Dodgers defense providing little help.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is optimistic about what he saw in Buehler in that game.

“I think with Walker I would want the same effort, execution, focus and certainly a different outcome,” Roberts said.

“The series at 1-1, here again on the road, we really have confidence in Walker,” Roberts added. “I expect him to come out with the same conviction and focus.”

The best-of-seven series will be played in Queens over the next three games. The series ends if either team manages to win three in a row at Citi Field.

The Mets start Luis Severino in Game 3.