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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1781578" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/hudsons-search-for-a-grip-on-consistency-illustrates-cardinals-pitching-bind-at-deadline/article_561a1f14-67c4-5c5f-a3a5-78f05f5fe3ae.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>WASHINGTON — Before the pitches and decisions that determined how Saturday’s game capsized on the Cardinals, there were the ones that hinted at the direction it headed and how it could have gone differently.</p><p>Dakota Hudson, back in the rotation after a brief stint on the injured list, retired the leadoff hitter in every one of his five innings. Three times he got two outs from the first two batters he faced. And the inning would drag, a runner would reach, and his pitch count climb. There were flashes of the pitcher he’s working to unveil, the pitcher the Cardinals increasingly need him to be. And then there were the familiar flares, the ones that come with a pitcher almost two years removed from elbow surgery still searching for a grip on every inning.</p><p></p><p>“I feel like this whole season has been experimental to this point,” Hudson said. “Messing with my arm slot up and down. Messing with my pitch shape and development. So, it’s been a lot of finding my way back to how I replicate my pitches. But I expect myself to be back, if not better than I was previously. It’s something that I’m working to get better. That’s how I have to view it to make sure I’m getting after it every day.”</p><p>Hudson came two outs shy of finishing the fifth inning, pulled to avoid a third plate appearance against him from Juan Soto.</p><p>That’s where game began to pivot away from the Cardinals.</p><p>Washington rallied against the bullpen, scoring six of their seven runs for a 7-6 victory after Hudson left Saturday night’s game at Nationals Park.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1781578, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/hudsons-search-for-a-grip-on-consistency-illustrates-cardinals-pitching-bind-at-deadline/article_561a1f14-67c4-5c5f-a3a5-78f05f5fe3ae.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] WASHINGTON — Before the pitches and decisions that determined how Saturday’s game capsized on the Cardinals, there were the ones that hinted at the direction it headed and how it could have gone differently. Dakota Hudson, back in the rotation after a brief stint on the injured list, retired the leadoff hitter in every one of his five innings. Three times he got two outs from the first two batters he faced. And the inning would drag, a runner would reach, and his pitch count climb. There were flashes of the pitcher he’s working to unveil, the pitcher the Cardinals increasingly need him to be. And then there were the familiar flares, the ones that come with a pitcher almost two years removed from elbow surgery still searching for a grip on every inning. “I feel like this whole season has been experimental to this point,” Hudson said. “Messing with my arm slot up and down. Messing with my pitch shape and development. So, it’s been a lot of finding my way back to how I replicate my pitches. But I expect myself to be back, if not better than I was previously. It’s something that I’m working to get better. That’s how I have to view it to make sure I’m getting after it every day.” Hudson came two outs shy of finishing the fifth inning, pulled to avoid a third plate appearance against him from Juan Soto. That’s where game began to pivot away from the Cardinals. Washington rallied against the bullpen, scoring six of their seven runs for a 7-6 victory after Hudson left Saturday night’s game at Nationals Park. [/QUOTE]
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