The two-time All-Star missed the entire 2023 season while recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and compiled a 5.38 ERA with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024, but stepped up late in the team's ensuing postseason run that culminated in a World Series title.

The last time Walker Buehler was on the mound at Yankee Stadium prior to Friday night, he watched as Alex Verdugo swung through a knuckle curveball. That swing-and-miss clinched the World Series for Buehler’s Los Angeles Dodgers.

Warren held Boston scoreless through four innings, then surrendered a home run to 22-year-old Marcelo Mayer to lead off the fifth. It was the first career homer for Mayer, one of baseball’s premier prospects, in his 10th MLB game.