NEW YORK -- The Dodgers’ streak of 33 consecutive scoreless innings came to an end in the Game 2 loss against the Mets. They were determined to start another streak on Wednesday.

Behind Walker Buehler’s four scoreless innings and the bullpen continuing its dominant run in October, the Dodgers tossed their fourth shutout in five games with an 8-0 win over the Mets in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Citi Field.

In all best-of-seven postseason series that have been tied 1-1, the team winning Game 3 has gone on to win the series 69 of 100 times (69%). Under the current 2-3-2 format, teams breaking a 1-1 tie by winning Game 3 on the road have gone on to win the series 30 of 40 times (75%).

From the start, it was clear Buehler didn’t have his best command. He threw two balls to Francisco Lindor to start his outing and switched over to the stretch to find a better rhythm. While Buehler’s performance wasn’t always pretty, it sure was effective.

And it bought the Dodgers’ offense time to erupt, with Kiké Hernández’s two-run homer in the sixth giving L.A. a 4-0 lead. Shohei Ohtani launched a three-run moonshot in the eighth -- his second homer of the postseason -- and Max Muncy finished the scoring with a solo shot in the ninth.

"When we’re going really well, we stay within ourselves, stay within the zone," Muncy said on FS1 after the game. "We get good pitches to hit. When you do that, the majority of the time you’re going to have good results."

Buehler gave the Dodgers four scoreless innings, recording 18 swings and misses, which is the most in the first four innings of a postseason game since pitch tracking became available in 2008.

The biggest swing and miss of the night -- and perhaps Buehler’s season -- came in the second inning. With the Dodgers holding on to a 2-0 lead, Buehler’s command got him into trouble. He gave up a single and walked a pair to load up the bases with one out.

Buehler then responded by striking out Francisco Alvarez looking, setting up a marquee matchup against the Mets’ best hitter, Lindor. After working a 3-2 count, a packed Citi Field was ready to erupt. But this is exactly why the Dodgers saved Buehler for a road game. Those are the types of moments in which Buehler has consistently risen to the occasion.

This one was no different as Buehler turned to his curveball to get Lindor to swing over the top of it, ending the threat and keeping the Mets off the board. Buehler let out a couple of screams as he walked off the mound, a familiar sight for the Dodgers in October.

"It’s been a long road," Buehler said in an FS1 postgame interview. "It’s been a hard year for me. The past couple of years are hard in different ways. But being back and not being successful sucks. … For me, it was trying to make the playoff roster first. And now it’s trying to win a big game in New York. When the stakes are that big, I think for me it makes everything else feel really small. Whatever failures I had during the year are kind of gone."