Matt Waldron took Sunday’s loss hard after pitching in the ballpark where one of his mentors did; Xander Bogaerts appears close to starting rehab assignment, Luis Campusano will begin on Mond…
BOSTON — Matt Waldron’s eyes welled with tears and his voice cracked and trailed off at times.Waldron had talked with members of the local media here in the days leading up to Sunday’s start about pitching in the same place as the late Tim Wakefield, a revered figure in Boston whose number “49” inside a heart is affixed to a light standard atop the Green Monster at Fenway Park.
Waldron grew up admiring Wakefield, a knuckleballer who won 200 games from 1992 to 2011. The two met via video chat, as arranged by the Padres when Waldron was a minor leaguer, and developed a friendship over the years. Wakefield, who pitched 17 seasons for the Red Sox, died of brain cancer in October.So it was a difficult day enduring what he did, allowing four runs and 4⅓ innings, his worst start since early May.
He said Sunday is the best he has felt since fracturing the glenoid bone in his shoulder diving for a ball on May 20 in Atlanta. His return could come during the Padres’ home series against the Braves that begins July 12.
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