Waldrop Impressive In Debut
Published on May 18, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
New Britain Rock Cats News Release
Kyle Waldrop impressed in his Double-A debut, but fell victim to errors in the field as the Rock Cats fell short of yet another comeback in a 2-1 loss to the inter-state rival Defenders.
The 21-year-old Waldrop limited the Defenders to five hits and two runs (one earned) through seven innings. He struck out two and walked none in his first start since being promoted to New Britain.
Waldrop, the Twins' first round draft pick in 2004, quickly retired the first three batters of the game on groundouts. The Defenders then took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Carlos Sosa doubled to right field and moved to third when shortstop Trevor Plouffe mishandled the throw into the infield. Another miscue on the next play, this time a fielding error by second baseman Felix Molina, allowed Sosa to score.
In the seventh, Sosa doubled again and then scored on Stephen Holm's double to right field for a 2-0 advantage.
The Rock Cats struck back in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Kyle Geiger that scored Garrett Guzman to cut the lead in half. In the bottom of the ninth, the Rock Cats rallied with a broken-bat single by David Winfree, who moved to second on a throwing error by Sosa in left field. Rashad Eldridge, who led the âCats with two hits, then drew a walk to put two men on base with one out. Defenders' reliever Brian Anderson retired the next two batters, though, to close out the game and pick up his seventh save.
Defenders' starter Darren Sack (2-3) allowed one run on four hits in 6 2/3 innings. For the Rock Cats, Jose Mijares fired two shutout innings with four strikeouts in relief. Waldrop (0-1) suffered the hard-luck loss.
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