Tim Hudson making his Giants debut tonight. Hudson signed with the Giants this off season after having played on the A's for 6 years and the Braves for 9 years, he established himself as the ace of the Braves for many years. He was acquired by the Giants to help complete their 5-man rotation and replace his ex teammate with the A's Barry Zito. Hudson had a bitter end to his Braves career when he was injured last year covering first base on a put out. When tagging the base he put his right foot on the right side of the base which resulted in the runner stepping on his ankle, ending his season. In his career against the D-backs, Hudson is 7-1 with an ERA around 2.
Unlike the games before this one, Tim Hudson and Trevor Cahill were locked in a pitchers duel, both righty's pitching lights out through the first 4 innings. Both were able to keep the opposing hitters off balance with their sinkers and getting a lot of ground balls to get outs. Hudson effectively used his secondary pitches to put away hitters, having full command of all 6 of his pitches. He recieved help in the bottom of the 4th when Pagan made a run saving diving catch to end the inning. The next inning Pagan came through clutch again with an RBI single past te diving Goldschmidt to score Adrianza and give the Giants the lead. In the 6th Michael Morse came through and hit a bullet off the glove of the centerfielder Campana to score Pence. That was all that Hudson would need as he continued to mow down the bats of the D-backs with help from his defense. He would steal strikes consistantly with his sinker and curveball, while getting timely strikeouts with his splitter to help get out of any jams. Unlike Cain and Bumgarner, he kept consistantly pounding the outside and inside corners and making it easy for the umpire to give him close pitches. Hudson finished after 7.2 innings, giving up 3 hits and walking none with 7 strikeouts. (103 pitches). The bullpen came in and took care of the rest of the game with Lopez finishing the inning and Romo with a clean lockdown save to end it. The Giants have their final game of the series tomorrow.
San Francisco 2, Arizona 0
W- Hudson (1-0)
L- Cahill (0-2)
S- Romo (2)
Wednesday April 2, 2014
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