The set-up: It will be tough to top last night's game. Rich Hill lost a perfect game on an error in the ninth inning before losing his no-hit bid and the game on Josh Harrison's walk-off homer to lead off the 10th. Los Angeles lost for only the fifth time in 28 games, while Pittsburgh won for only the third time in 11 games, keeping them eight games back of NL Central-leading Chicago and 7 1/2 out of the second wild card. The two teams cap their four-game series with this late afternoon game Thursday at PNC Park.

The pitching matchup: Hyun-Jin Ryu (4-6 & 3.45 ERA) takes the mound for LA and Chad Kuhl (6-8 & 4.52 ERA) for Pittsburgh. Ryu's 4-6 record hardly tells the story of his 2017 season. Ryu opened the season by losing his first four starts but he has gone more than 2 1/2 months without tasting defeat, since. He will carry a nine-start unbeaten streak into Thursday afternoon's finale. Yes, victories continue to elude Ryu but while he's just 2-0 in his nine-game unbeaten streak, the Dodgers have won EIGHT of those nine starts (2.77 ERA). Kuhl won his 2017 debut but then went 12 starts without a victory (he was 0-6 and Pittsburgh 2-10). However, he's turned things around by posting a 5-2 record over the past two months, although teh Pirates are 7-5 in that 12-start stretch. Kuhl took the 5-2 loss at Dodger Stadium on May 10 by giving up four runs on six hits over five innings. That leaves him 2-1 with a 5.06 ERA against LA in three career starts

The pick: Ryu also owns three career starts against tonight's opponent but is a perfect 3-0 with a 2.79 ERA. Throw in LA winning eight of his last nine outings and the Dodgers' overall dominating play and a bounce back from last night's 1-0 loss comes as no surprise. Make LA a 10* play.