We are going to roll with Hudson on the road tonight. Hudson is a veteran of veterans if you will in this league and he bounces back as well as nearly anybody and this Giants team knows that they need him to be strong in this stretch run for them to have a decent shot at going far in the playoffs. We like the fact that Hudson gave up 6 runs in just 1 inning of work in his last effort and its a nice opportunity for him to bounce-back against the Padres who come off a big high against the Phillies and Kendrick yesterday. Hudson is on a quality bounce-back here, you have a young pitcher in Despaigne who faces a hungry Giants lineup who has given up 9 runs in 9.3 innings in his last two efforts as the national league sees more pitches and figures him out more and more. Combine that with Hudson coming off 2 of 3 terrible starts, and a difficult stretch for him, he will look to do well in San Diego which is a pitcher's park. The Giants are winning the games they are supposed to as they are 5-1 in their last 6 games when facing a team with a losing record, the Padres are 1-6 with Despaigne faces a team with a winning record and Hudson is 5-2 when he faces a team with a losing record as well. The SF Giants are our 10* MLB Game of the Month