A nice win last night, though not without some drama. Did you know our last three wins have all been Hudson starts?  In nine outings for the Diamondbacks, he's left the game with the lead seven times, left it tied 0-0 once, and only left the game with the other team leading once.  Not bad.

Recaps:

• [foxsportsarizona.com] Hudson, Diamondbacks beat Reds 3-1 - "Being able to get into a groove has been great. Right now, my confidence is high." We're right there with you, Hudson.

• [azcentral.com] Daniel Hudson, Arizona Diamondbacks beat Cincinnati Reds - "When I saw Ramon hit it, I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm in trouble.' " And I think we were right there with you, too, Gut...

• [dbacks.com] Upton's snag seals win for Hudson, D-backs - Since we traded for him, Hudson is 6-1 with a 1.67 ERA. Seems like a pretty good trade so far.

• [cincinnati.com] Hudson, Diamondbacks beat Reds - Dusty Baker on Justin Upton's game-ending catch: "That's a Hall of Fame play. That ball was scalded."

DBacks News:

• [azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks pleased with Ian Kennedy's progress - He has certainly recovered well from the mid-season stumble he had in early August. But Daniel Hudson's performances might dispute the idea that IPK is our hottest starter.

• [fangraphs.com] Saunders Lackluster in Arizona - About what we were afraid of, really. But, as a sidenote, is Skaggs really an "unimpressive prospect"?

• [hardballtimes.com] Lost Seasons - Jarrod Parker and Jared Mitchell - Hardball Times looks at Jarrod Parker's time spent recovering from Tommy John surgery. "In a case like Parker's, the Diamondbacks don't have too much to worry about long-term. He's still young and should make a full recovery."

• [latimes.com] Dodgers assistant GMs Logan White and De Jon Watson candidates for Arizona GM job - The GM interviews continue- today, the Diamondbacks are scheduled to talk to De Jon Watson, the Dodgers head of player development.

Around Baseball:

• [detnews.com] Controversial home run call sparks Rangers to victory over Tigers - Just because they have replay doesn't mean all the controversy is gone. Was it fair or foul? Watch the replay to decide for yourself. Of course, when your bullpen gives up seven runs, a single disputed home run call isn't that major of a problem.

• [espn.com] Off Base: Despite media reports, baseball isn't dying - Many warn us of the fall of baseball, but Jim Caple disagrees.

• [sbnation.com] Hey Felix Hernandez, It's Called The Cy Young Award, Not The Cy Of Very Good Young Award - An SBN editor deconstructs Jon Morosi's reasoning that Felix Hernandez doesn't deserve the Cy Young because he's not on a playoff team.

• [huffingtonpost.com] Major Sporting Events: Too Corporatized, Too Controlling, Too Much - "The noise would come out of the speakers and people would chant. When it stopped so did the people." More complaints about the fans in Phoenix? Nope, the stalwart hordes at Yankees Stadium.

Joe Saunders takes the hill for us tonight, and I'm sure the Reds will be looking for revenge behind the arm of the perhaps-poorly-named Homer Bailey.  More late afternoon baseball for us on the western side of the continent, so get your work done early today. Go DBacks.