You'd think he was a 2-handicap golfer the way he keeps golfing those balls over the right-field fence, ... It certainly was a situation where we could use a big hit like that. We had some opportunities - probably more than they did - but it only takes one big hit.
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This is a guy who just hasn't been right yet, and mentally to put the kind of pressure we're putting on him every time he goes out there and not getting results, he needs to go down there and pitch a little bit without the pressure of coming into a big league game and always having to have results. He needs to go down there and take some pressure off himself, because he's a talented guy who's going to pitch for the Diamondbacks for a while.
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Early on it looked like everyone was swinging the bat and hitting the ball hard and then later on, defense and pitching came into play.
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You can use that to your advantage too, knowing what your deficiencies are and what the catcher may try to go after right away. It's always a chess match, and that's why guys that stay in the big leagues and are successful for a long time make adjustments constantly from day-to-day.
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You want to get into the bullpen. We're watching the pitch count go up, hits are at a premium and we're not even seeing too many balls up. We're trying to get him out of the game, and we do, and we had an opportunity right there.
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I wouldn't have double-switched and taken Hudson out of the game right there if we didn't have confidence in him. That was big for Andy, because he's the one guy that hasn't gotten a start. He feels like he's a contributor now. He feels a little more part of it.
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