Clay Holmes fired seven scoreless innings, but didn’t factor into the decision against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

It’s another impressive start for Holmes, who scuffled in his debut with the Cubs and has been outstanding since that effort. He allowed just two hits — both singles — and he struck out five against two walks. He’s allowed just one run over his last three starts over 19 innings, and that’s lowered his ERA to a 2.26 on the season. Holmes has basically the perfect defense playing behind him, and he’s taken advantage of it thus far. He’ll have a tough test Monday when he faces the Brewers.