56 Greg Holland RP

Holland (2-4) gave up three runs on two hits -- including a home run -- and a walk in two-thirds of an inning against the Brewers on Saturday. He struck out one and was stuck with his fourth loss of the season.

Called upon to work the ninth in a tie game, Holland plunked the second batter he faced (Keon Broxton) before serving up a homer to Jesus Aguilar. Holland then walked Eric Thames, who promptly stole second and scored on a Neil Walker single. He has been a mess lately (nine earned runs in his last five appearances), but Holland was excellent in the first half, and there has been no hint of a possible closer change in Colorado.

Holland pitched around two baserunners during a scoreless ninth inning to collect his 35th save of the season during Monday's win over Atlanta.

Holland had blown his previous two save attempts, so it's encouraging to see him right the ship. He's now closed out 35 of 38 opportunities successfully, and his 2.72 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 11.3 K/9 remain strong marks. It wouldn't be shocking if he continued to have the odd poor outing moving forward, but the veteran is unlikely to lose his closer job at this stage of the season.

Holland gave up a walkoff home run to Yan Gomes in the bottom of the ninth inning to blow his third save of the year in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to Cleveland.

Called upon to protect a 1-0 lead, Holland instead walked two batters, then with two outs gave up a game-tying single to Austin Jackson before Gomes ended things in dramatic fashion. The right-hander has now blown consecutive save chances, and his 7.27 ERA in nine appearances since the All-Star break is a far cry from his early-season success. He still has an 11:4 K:BB in 8.2 innings over that stretch, however, and is in no danger of losing his spot as Colorado's closer.

Holland (2-2) picked up his second loss and second blown save Sunday against the Phillies after allowing two runs on three hits in the top of the ninth inning.

All of Holland's losses and blown saves have come at Coors Field, but their infrequency has been remarkable given his home ballpark's extremely hitter-friendly conditions. He was unable to protect a 2-1 advantage here, as a Cameron Rupp double turned Colorado's one-run lead into a one-run deficit. Starter Jeff Hoffman was the real loser in all this, with Holland's blunder robbing him of a win after seven brilliant innings of one-run ball. The closer's ERA jumped from 1.56 to 1.96 with this performance, but he's in no danger of losing the ninth-inning role.

Holland picked up his 34th save with a perfect ninth inning Friday night against Philadelphia.

Holland now has recorded 11 consecutive saves since blowing his only save of the season June 15 against San Francisco. The successful reclamation project continues for the Rockies, as Holland has been shockingly reliable given the combination of his injury history and the effects Coors Field can have on pitchers.