Clay Holmes entered Saturday’s game in Toronto and did what he always does. He uneventfully retired the final four batters of the game on two groundouts, a strikeout, and a lineout. On the face of it, there’s nothing exciting about this kind of relief outing; people have this exact box score line all the time. However, this was special because while every other pitcher occasionally throws in a o.2 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 R clunker, Holmes is as close to perfection as possible.
Yankee Records
Saturday’s appearance was Holmes’ 30th of the season. After surrendering a run on Opening Day (gasp!