Rangers snap 6-game losing streak, beat Angels 7-1
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Notches second save Holland allowed a hit and struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 2-1 win over Cleveland.
Impact The Royals took the lead in the eighth inning, and Holland made it stand with a fairly clean outing. Holland has a 2.84 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 18 strikeouts across 19 innings to go with two saves and two holds. With Trevor Rosenthal shipped to San Diego and Ian Kennedy battling a calf injury, Holland should see most of the save chances in the near future. Scott Barlow is also in the closing mix -- he allowed two hits in a scoreless eighth inning and earned the win Monday.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Franco, Starling rally Kansas City to 2-1 win over Indians
Maikel Franco and Bubba Starling had RBI singles in the eighth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 in the first game of a three-game seriesSEPTEMBER 1, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Glasnow paces AL East-leading Rays to 5-3 win over Yankees
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
DeJong, Goldschmidt lead Flaherty, Cards over Keller, Royals
Paul DeJong drove in three runs in his second game back from battling COVID-19 and Jack Flaherty tossed five shutout innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Ro...AUGUST 25, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pitches in middle innings again Holland issued a walk and allowed a hit but recorded the final two outs of the sixth inning Saturday against the Twins to earn his first hold of the season.
Impact Holland earned the Royals' first save of the season back on July 25. "There's just something about having been there, done that," manager Mike Matheny told Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com at the time. "He has so much to teach the guys down in that 'pen. He was fun to watch. He gets in those spots and he doesn't vibrate." Trevor Rosenthal has received all three save chances since then and has converted all three, so while Holland is among Matheny's most trusted options, he is clearly behind Rosenthal for save chances at this point. Matheny's familiarity with Rosenthal was likely the prevailing factor.
AUGUST 9, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Rays hold Yankees to 2 hits in 1-0 win
AUGUST 8, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ryan McBroom's homer lifts Royals to 3-2 win over Twins
Ryan McBroom hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning to lift the Royals to a 3-2 victory over the Twins on Friday nightAUGUST 8, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Madrigal's first 4 big league hits help White Sox top KC 9-2
White Sox prospect Nick Madrigal had the first four hits of his big league career to help Chicago beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 and finish a three-game sweepAUGUST 2, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indians' Bieber strikes out 13 against Twins to tie record
JULY 31, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rosenthal earns 1st save since 2017, Royals beat Tigers 5-3
Trevor Rosenthal pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save since 2017 and the Kansas City Royals beat Detroit 5-3, overcoming Miguel Cabrera’s first multihomer game since 2016JULY 31, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rockies' Bard gets 1st big league win in more than 7 seasons
JULY 26, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Secures save in extras Holland struck out the side in the 10th inning of Saturday's win over Cleveland to secure his first save of the season.
Impact Ian Kennedy pitched the sixth and seventh innings in a tie game before turning things over to Trevor Rosenthal for the eighth. Rosenthal and Scott Barlow kept Cleveland off the scoreboard, leaving Holland to secure the save after the Royals pulled ahead in the top of the 10th. Mike Matheny is an old-school manager and Holland has 207 career saves, 146 of those earned in a Royals uniform. We may have seen a changing of the guard in Kansas City.
JULY 26, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Holland fans side in new-rule 10th, Royals trim Indians 3-2
Greg Holland struck out the top of Cleveland’s order to strand the tying run at second base and Maikel Franco hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Kansas City Royals...JULY 26, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Makes Opening Day squad Holland was added to the Royals' 30-man roster Thursday, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.
Impact This isn't all too surprising, as Holland was on track to break camp with the club before spring training was shut down. The veteran reliever figures to work in a mid- to high-leverage role during the shortened 2020 season.
JULY 24, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
