The three National League Central teams down one game in the wild-card series will turn to three of the most powerful pitchers in baseball to keep their respective seasons alive.
The Cincinnati Reds open Thursday's slate of games by sending Luis Castillo to the hill to oppose Atlanta rookie Ian Anderson.
Cincinnati was the only team during Wednesday's eight-game schedule to not score a run, but it was not for a lack of trying.
The Chicago Cubs failed to muster much enough to support Kyle Hendricks in Game 1. They may not need many runs to come away with a Game 2 win over the Miami Marlins with Yu Darvish opposing Sixto Sanchez.