Hudson has so much movement on his pitches that often catchers have as much trouble latching onto the pitch as the hitter does hitting it. And sometines, Hudson has trouble corralling it himself but Matheny said, “He did a nice job this spring figuring out what he had to manipulate the ball to get the ball to go in the direction he wanted it to. It’s moving that much.”
Dexter Fowler had two doubles for the Cardinals and scored one of their runs. Matt Carpenter, thriving as a No. 3 hitter since he began playing 10 days ago, had two more hits, raising his average to .