Stars of the Day: May 20

Frisco and Bakersfield were off, but Clinton got another great performance from southpaw starter Derek Holland (4-0;  2.45) who held Beloit to two runs, one earned, on five hits and no walks in  six innings as the LumberKings improved to 30-11 with a 4-2 victory at Alliant Energy Field.

Holland (pictured - left), who won't turn 22 until after the season, has held the opposition to two runs or less in each of his eight starts this year.   He's surrendered just one home run in 44 innings of work so far.   

With Spokane last year, his G/F ratio was 0.83 but with Clinton so far, it's a fairly severe reversal:  1.70.

He's starting to remind me quite a bit of another lefty prospect we used to have around here and who is doing quite well in the AL Central lately.

Jonathan Greene continued to distance himself from a horrible opening month, going 2-3 with a double and a walk, bumping his season line up to .277 / .390 / .462.

Greene's April:   .214 / .309 / .329 (70 at-bats)

Greene's May:   .350 / .474 / .617 (60 at-bats)

Ian Gac, in his first game back after missing a week of action, donned a golden sombrero.

In OKC, the RedHawks got an excellent start out of Lizard Ramirez (5-3;  4.17) who held the Zephyrs to two runs on six hits and no walks in seven frames.

4-A went 3-4 to drive in three.

This is about as exciting as anything going on in the system right now:   Taylor Teagarden (.292 / .452 / .438) extended his 12-game hitting streak, going 1-2 with a double and a pair of walks, driving in two.    

You'd take an .890 OPS and gold glove defense from your catcher, right?