Last night, the Cardinals slugged four home runs and beat the Reds 7-1. Dakota Hudson was really good, except when he wasn’t, and then for that inning when he wasn’t, he still managed to wriggle out of trouble. Heavy ground ball tendencies and a defense always ready to turn a double play can help in that way.
The victory came one night after the Cards endured a shellacking at the hands of those same Reds, when Luis Castillo did that thing Luis Castillo sometimes does, which is to be really good at pitching a baseball.