Hudson, employing a power sinker, curveball and slider, fanned two hitters with the bases loaded in the third and two more with a man at third and one out in the fifth as he threw 79 pitches. That total was two more than fifth-starter competitor John Gant threw the day before, but Gant mustered only four innings out of that allotment.
Push came to shove in the third inning, however, when some loose defensive play by the Cardinals enabled the Phillies to fill the bases with one out. He fell behind in the count 2-0. “And I got that look from Yadi (catcher Yadier Molina).