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- Updated: August 24, 2016
CINCINNATI — Just about everything turned out great for Rangers pitcher Derek Holland on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park. He was pitching in front of family and friends in his native state, he was quite effective in his first outing in two months and he had his first Major League hit.
All that was missing was a victory. That didn’t happen as the Rangers went down for the third straight game in a 3-0 loss to the Reds.
The Rangers still couldn’t help but be thrilled with what Holland showed in his first start since June 20 after recovering from inflammation in his left shoulder.
“Derek threw the ball extremely well,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “It was very nice to see him come out and pitch a tremendous game. Encouraging … I like what I saw. Arguably, it was as good of a start as he has had all year. I felt comfortable if we had given him some run support, he would have continued to pitch.”
The Rangers had just three hits in six innings off Reds starter Dan Straily. Holland had …
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