Derek Holland News

Wow, what a night for the Texas Rangers. Coming in to face Brandon Morrow , who has been quite good this season, and with Derek Holland on the mound, whose last start was a little shaky, Rangers fans were right to be worried that the game might not be an effervescent triumph.

Ian Kennedy lost his fifth straight on Friday night. That's one more defeat that he had all last season.

Derek Holland located his fastball down in the strike zone, and he mixed in his off-speed pitches well against Toronto on Friday night.

He posted a 4.50 ERA on standard rest, but saw it drop to 3.83 on five days' rest.

Texas Rangers Yorvit Torrealba celebrates in the dugout with teammates after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Friday, May 25, 2012, in Arlington, Texas.

Roy Oswalt is without a doubt an accomplished big-league pitcher with a career 3.21 ERA with a .631 winning percentage.

I've been mostly quiet throughout these last few weeks. Quiet, and observant. Curious to see what Rangers' fans and local Texas media think about the tepid play of the club over the current 10-12 patch since the team's outrageous 16-5 beginning.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The parking spots designated for Texas CEO and president Nolan Ryan, general manager Jon Daniels and manager Ron Washington haven't been used in a while.

The Texas Rangers have been unusually quiet at the plate lately and might have trouble ending that trend against Toronto's Brandon Morrow, who is coming off his second shutout in four starts.

Coming off one of the worst starts of his young season, Derek Holland is confident that he'll be back in fine form when the Blue Jays open up a three-game set with the Rangers in Arlington on Friday.

Neftali Feliz was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation Monday, ending that unprecedented run.

Elvis Andrus lined a two-strike pitch into the left-center field gap for a two-run triple, Josh Hamilton made two tremendous catches in center field and added an RBI double, and the Texas Rangers snapped Seattle's win streak at four with a 3-1 win over the Mariners on Tuesday night.

Elvis Andrus lined a two-strike pitch into the left-center field gap for a two-run triple, Josh Hamilton made two tremendous catches in center field and added an RBI double, and the Texas Rangers snapped Seattle's win streak at four with a 3-1 win over the Mariners on Tuesday night.

Elvis Andrus lined a two-strike pitch into the left-center field gap for a two-run triple, Josh Hamilton made two tremendous catches in center field and added an RBI double, and the Texas Rangers snapped Seattle's win streak at four with a 3-1 win over the Mariners on Tuesday night.

They went 3-4 on a seven-game homestand, dropping three of four to Kansas City and Oakland.

C.J. Wilson, Colby Lewis, Derek Holland, Matt Harrison and Alexi Ogando may not have made up the best rotation in baseball last year, but they only missed five starts.

Ian Kinsler #5 of the Texas Rangers hits an RBI single to score Derek Holland #45 in the seventh inning during Game Six of the MLB World Series against the St.

Randy Galloway had a column on Sunday on the Rangers not being the '98 Yankees , and among other items in there, Galloway's comments on Derek Holland caught my eye: Colby Lewis started strong but has drifted off into a ditch.

It's a good morning when you wake up and remember that the Rangers inched closer to retaining the Silver Boot for what may be the last time.

Jordan Schafer struck out in his only at-bat before leaving the game with an injury.