In town for a one-game engagement, Hudson authored a career-high eight innings and drove the Cardinals to a peppy, crisp 5-1 victory Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Cincinnati.
He will be back like he worked – quickly.
When the Cardinals demoted Hudson to Class AAA Memphis, they had him targeted for the start in one half of the doubleheader. He returned to the roster Saturday morning as the 29th man, and on Saturday evening he will return to a minor-league roster to fulfill the remaining mandatory days on that assignment.