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Clay Holmes is hanging in there late into his first MLB season as a starter, but there are signs he may be running out of gas.

Through the first month of the season, it appeared Holmes would maintain his strikeout rate during his switch from the bullpen to the rotation, punching out 27.5 percent of batters (10.57 batters per nine innings) over his first six outings.

He’s essentially been a contact pitcher since then.

After the calendar turned to May, Holmes has posted a 16.1 percent strikeout rate while striking out 6.16 per nine innings.

Those figures were both in the bottom 10 entering Wednesday among pitchers with at le

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