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Marquez will start Game 3 of the NLDS against the Brewers on Sunday, Kyle Newman of The Denver Post reports.

Following Marquez will be Kyle Freeland, who started Tuesday's NL Wild Card Game versus the Cubs. During Marquez's start against the Dodgers on Monday in the NL West tiebreaker, he allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out nine across 4.2 innings. He posted a 3.77 ERA and 1.20 WHIP with 230 strikeouts in 196 innings (33 starts) this season.

Miley will take the mound for Game 3 of the NLDS against the Rockies on Sunday as long as he isn't needed during Friday's contest, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

The Brewers did use six arms during Thursday's victory, but with Jhoulys Chacin on the mound and Gio Gonzalez, Freddy Peralta and Junior Guerra in the bullpen with the ability to eat up innings, Miley shouldn't be needed Friday. During his lone start versus the Rockies this season, he allowed three earned runs across five innings in a home start in early August, but pitching in Coors Field will present a different set of problems. Miley logged a 2.57 ERA (3.63 FIP) and a 5.6 K/9 in 16 starts for Milwaukee this year.

Stripling was left off the Dodgers' 25-man NLDS roster against Atlanta, J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group reports.

Manager Dave Roberts kept 12 pitchers, including four typical starters in Walker Buehler, Rich HIll, Clayton Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu, but decided to leave Stripling off the active roster for this series. In 33 appearances (21 starts) this year, Stripling logged a 3.02 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 10.0 K/9.

Gray is not on the Rockies' NLDS roster against Milwaukee.

Gray struggled during three of his final four starts in the regular season, logging a 9.60 ERA and 1.93 WHIP in those outings. Manager Bud Black elected to keep 12 pitchers on the active roster, including Chad Bettis over Gray.

Anderson is not on the Brewers' roster for the NLDS versus the Rockies.

Instead of adding a couple more starters, manager Craig Counsell opted to only carry three regulars from the rotation and move forward with multi-inning relievers such as Brandon Woodruff and Junior Guerra. Anderson hadn't pitched since Sept. 18 against the Reds and it became evident that Counsell just had more trust in other options during the homestretch.

Davies was left off Milwaukee's roster for the NLDS against Colorado.

Manager Craig Counsell elected to add 11 pitchers to the 25-man roster but withheld Davies and fellow starter Chase Anderson from the team. In their absence, multi-inning relief options such as Brandon Woodruff (who is starting Game 1 on Thursday), Freddy Peralta and Junior Guerra are on the roster. Since rosters are able to change after each round of the postseason, there's a chance Davies will be back for the NLCS should the Brewers advance.

Woodruff will be the Brewers' initial out getter in Game 1 of their NLDS matchup with the Rockies on Thursday.

In layman's terms, Woodruff will start for the Brewers on Thursday, but Woodruff has operated solely as a reliever since September, so it's unlikely he will go too deep into Thursday's contest. Woodruff has been brilliant in small doses out of the bullpen since Sept. 2, allowing only one earned run over 12.1 innings (0.73 ERA) while giving up just 10 hits and posting a 16:3 K:BB.

Manager Dave Roberts said Buehler will start Game 3 of the NLDS against the Braves on Sunday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

As expected, Buehler will get the ball for Game 3 after propelling the Dodgers to a division title in Game 163 with his 6.2 scoreless innings against the Rockies. The young right-hander has been stellar in his first full season with the big club, posting a 2.62 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and 151:37 K:BB in 137.1 innings during the regular season.

Anderson is scheduled to pitch Game 2 of the NLDS against the Brewers on Friday, Kyle Newman of The Denver Post reports.

Anderson will follow Antonio Senzatela in the rotation, lining up Kyle Freeland and German Marquez to pitch the next two games fully rested. The southpaw owns a 1.83 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 15:5 K:BB in his last three starts (19.2 innings). In his only other playoff appearance -- against the Diamondbacks in 2017 -- Anderson allowed two runs on two hits in one inning of relief.

Senzatela will pitch against the Brewers in Game 1 of the NLDS on Thursday, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

As expected, Senzatela will take the mound for the series opener in Milwaukee after Kyle Freeland started Tuesday's wild-card contest against the Cubs. Over his past three starts, Senzatela has posted a 1.62 ERA and 1.08 WHIP with 13 strikeouts in 16.2 innings.