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Column: Walker Buehler’s return featured encouraging signs. Can he can build on those?

Inside of the interview room at Dodger Stadium, Walker Buehler sounded conflicted.

“I wish it could’ve gone better,” Buehler said.

In the hallway outside, the surgeon who twice repaired his elbow was beaming.

From a medical perspective, team physician Neal ElAttrache said Buehler’s return to the mound on Monday night was a resounding triumph.

So what if Buehler labored through the first two innings of the Dodgers’ 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins?

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So what if the former All-Star was charged with three earned runs?