PHOENIX -- Tim Hudson threw Eric Chavez a steady diet of cut fastballs and sliders Wednesday and the Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman feasted. Chavez drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt hit three doubles and the Diamondbacks beat Hudson and the Atlanta Braves 5-3. With the Diamondbacks trailing 3-1 with one out in the fifth, Jason Kubel pinch-hit for Kennedy and walked. Gerardo Parra reached on an infield hit and Didi Gregorius followed with an RBI single. Hudson struck out Goldschmidt looking and had two strikes on Chavez before his one-time Oakland Athletics teammate doubled to left, scoring Parra and Gregorius to make it 4-3. "He was throwing me a lot of sliders today," Chavez said. "Im not really sure why. I dont know if they picked up something on film. "He told me that was a really good at-bat and I told him I was (mad) because he broke two of my bats. It was just good old fun. I love Huddy like a brother." Hudson agreed he may have gone to the cutter one time too many. "I thought I made some good pitches to Chavez, especially the last one," Hudson said. "But he stayed with it and hit it the other way. I felt like I really had him where I wanted him. Looking back, we might have gone back to that cutter a little too much in that at-bat." Cody Ross added an RBI single to cap the fifth as the Diamondbacks won the final two games of the series after a 10-1 loss in the opener. Ian Kennedy (2-3) yielded three runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked three for his first win since Opening Day. "Its been awhile since it was a win," Kennedy said. "Ill take any one. After a while, it does get frustrating. I want to get my innings up but I didnt have my best stuff." Heath Bell pitched the ninth for his sixth save in eight chances. The Diamondbacks finally responded with runners in scoring position. After going 5 for 56 of its past eight games, Arizona was 5 for 8 with runners in scoring position. "We hope it gets much better," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson. "I saw better approaches as well." Hudson (4-3) had been 7-0 in nine career starts against Arizona before he got tagged. He allowed five runs and eight hits in five innings -- hes given up 11 runs over 8 2-3 innings in his last two starts. Freddie Freeman doubled twice and singled for the Braves. The Braves put runners on first and second against David Hernandez in the eighth but Jordan Schafer flied out and Goldschmidt fielded a hard shot by Andrelton Simmons to first base to end the inning. After cruising through the first two innings, Kennedy was undone partially by a botched defensive play in the third. Schafer reached on a two-out infield single and Simmons followed with a line drive toward third base. Chavez jumped, but the ball bounced off the palm of his glove and fell to the ground as Simmons sprinted to the bag for an infield single. Kennedy then walked Justin Upton on five pitches to load the bases, then walked Freeman on four pitches to score Schafer for a 1-0 lead. Freeman hit a two-run double in the fifth that put Atlanta ahead 3-1. "For losing two of three, you feel like we won a couple of those games the way we hit the ball," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "Its just the way it goes sometimes. I dont know how many times I felt like the ball was going to go through the infield and it was a line drive at somebody." Arizona took a 1-0 lead in the first when Goldschmidt doubled and Chavez singled. NOTES: Chavez has hit safely in six of his past seven games and is 9 for 18 in that stretch. ... Upton went 1 for 3 with a pair of walks to finish his first series back at Chase Field 5 for 10 with a home run. ... Goldschmidts 11 doubles make him the first NL player with at least 10 doubles and 10 home runs. ... Freeman has 14 RBIs in 21 games since coming off the disabled list on April 22. ... 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"I think a lot of times it has to do with almost job survival," Montreal Canadiens forward Jeff Halpern said. "Most coaches arent going to change their personalities for anything. But at the same time, you have such different types of athletes now and because the money is so great for young kids growing up, a lot of times you have to find ways to communicate with people." Thats not to say gruff coaches like Mike Keenan, John Tortorella, Lindy Ruff and Peter Laviolette cant communicate. Ruff spent 15 seasons in charge of the Buffalo Sabres and is considered a favourite to land another job soon. But coaches need to evolve along with the players, says Islanders forward Brad Boyes. "I think players are different the way you come up now," he said. "It used to be to yell and scream would get the best out of guys, thats the way it was because thats the way they had always been. Nowadays theres so much more involved. Agents are involved at young ages, parents are very involved at young ages. I think the kids are just brought up differently. You try to talk to them through adversity (rather) than trying to yell and scream to get the best out of them." Its a trend that began before most of these coaches even considered their next steps after playing. During his 19-year career that spanned from the 1980s into the 2000s, Oates didnt like being yelled at. As he and others from the same generation step into coaching, those experiences have shaped their styles. "Theres no perfect animal. I just really feel that if Im not happy with a guy, I dont have to yell at him to let him know," Oates said during the regular season. "I can talk to him. Hes still a pro. Youve got to be a pro. Thats what we are. Were pros now, and its a different game than before." Oates contemporaries include Kirk Muller of the Carolina Hurricanes, Kevin Dineen of the Florida Panthers, Peter DeBoer of the New Jersey Devils and Dave Tippett of the Phoenix Coyotes. And Eakins, who learned from the late Roger Neilson that he would have to make his mark as a coach because he "wasnt a very good player." Whether or not a coach was a good player doesnt necessarily matter, though it doesnt hurt. Islanders forward Keith Aucoin played with the Marlies during the NHL lockout and cited Eakins playing career as one reason hes able to get messages across so effectively. "He knows when to get in somebodys face and he knows when a teams going through a tough stretch or a few tough games that it happens," Aucoin said. "He was so knowledgeable of how hard the game is and he knows what to do." Aucoin said Eakins never yelled at him, but that was more because he was playing well. Players dont mind the tough love approach on occasion, he said, as long as theres some meaning behind it. "I dont think it matters what approach you take, as long as the players respect the reasoning behind it and the hockey smarts behind it," said Halpern, who most recently played for Michel Therrien in Montreal and Tortorella in New York. "If youre ranting and raving for no reason, players tend to tune you out right away. Buut if youre smart about what youre saying, theres a purpose and players are able to kind of look at it and see that theres a purpose behind it and that it works, players will respond to it.dddddddddddd" Toronto defenceman Jake Gardiner, who played for Eakins with the AHL Marlies, said Eakins strength is being approachable to his players. "If you want to talk to Dallas, hes not a very hard guy to approach and thats what makes him so good," Gardiner said Tuesday from Campbellville, Ont., where he was the drawmaster for the $1-million North America Cup harness race. "Guys are willing to go into him and hes accepting to that. "Hell tell you exactly what you need to work on or what youre doing well and to keep doing that. Most of the time hell be positive and when he has to be hell get on you for it." Halpern pointed out that even as Tortorella was combative with media members and stern with players, he wouldnt hesitate to be direct with his criticisms. Same goes for Therrien. "Sometimes its great when coaches are able to kind of express what theyre thinking because as players a lot of times youre left to make it a guessing game," Halpern said. For Eakins players, theres no guesswork. Aucoin recalled his first meeting with Eakins and the simple message that he wouldnt treat the 34-year-old veteran any differently than his younger teammates like Gardiner and centre Nazem Kadri. Getting a lot out of those young players played a role in Eakins getting his first NHL head-coaching gig, Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish said. In hours-long interviews with Eakins, it was clear he was suited to run a team, MacTavish added. Eakins makes no secret of how he views his job. "People always ask about coaching the team and I correct them very quickly: We coach 23 to 25 individuals and its an interesting job," Eakins said last week at the OHL awards ceremony in Toronto. "These individuals are delicate pieces of a machine, of a big engine, and they all need to be treated differently and handled with different care. A coachs job is to get to these individuals, find out whats happened in their past, whats going on in the present and where are we going to take these young men in the future." In the NHL, some are not young men. Some are grizzled veterans with more than Eakins 120 games of experience. But thats where Eakins approach proves valuable. Citing Eakins words, Dale Hunter of the London Knights emphasized that coaching is coaching no matter how old players are. "They all want to be on the first line, they all want to be on the first power play," Hunter said. "Its like, How are you going to get there? How are you going to stay there? Its trying to get them better to certain levels. Thats why you win." Theres nothing set in stone that only player-friendly coaches can win. Far from it. But as the league gets younger, progressive, less-aggressive coaches are enjoying more success. "I think societys changed where you talk it out," said Hunter, who coached the Capitals for the bulk of the 2011-12 season. "Youve got to talk to the players a lot more and communicate with them. a Now its more teaching, communication, fundamentals." In junior and then in the AHL, where Eakins built his reputation behind the bench, much of the job is teaching. In the NHL, thats only part of the complex list of responsibilities, which includes managing superstar egos. Of course that only accentuates the importance of individual coaching, which could be vital to Eakins success in Edmonton. "I think Dallas said it best, youre coaching individuals, its about finding how to get best out of every individual," Boyes said. "Thats what good coaches now are trying to do." -- Canadian Press sports reporter Dan Ralph in Toronto contributed to this report. Youth NFL Jerseys Cheap Cheap Jerseys Online China Jerseys Wholesale Cheap NFL Hoodies Wholesale NFL T-shirts Stitched Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys 2020 ' ' '