European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 37 Clemens 350th win marred by Arod injury Yankees Pitcher reaches Milestone slugger strains hamstring by Mike Fitzpatrick the associated press new York Roger Clemens had a stack of souvenirs from his 350th win sit Ting in his locker at Yankee Jer balls and other All ready to be i enjoy sharing he what Clemens wanted most Mon Day night was a healthy Alex the rocket reached a rare Milestone with a Vintage pitching eight innings of two hit Ball and leading the new York Yankees to a 51 Victory Over the Minnesota but the Yankees excitement Over his achievement was tempered by Rodriguezs strained left which forced the Star slugger out of the it was not and that the Downer of the Clemens we need Clemens became the first major leaguer to win 350 games since Hall of Famer War Ren Spahn of the Milwaukee braves accomplished the feat by beating the Chicago cubs 20 on 1963 just More than a year after Clemens was Yan Kees manager Joe Torre was spans catch or in that in not As old As i thought i Clem ens said with a wry Bobby Abreu hit a tie breaking Homer and finished with three hits for the Yan who won for Only the third time in 12 Rodriguez got his 80th rib on a Firstin Ning then left in the sixth after an awkward play at first Rodriguez tripped Over first baseman Justin Morneau ankle while beating out a potential double he remained in the game and advanced to but told third base coach Larry Bowa he  be Able to score on a that when Torre pulled who was limping slightly in the clubhouse after the his leg was wrapped and he was scheduled for tests he said he didst know How bad the injury were going to sleep on it and see How it feels in the right now its just a Little Rodriguez an extended absence for Arod would be a huge blow to the Yankees Strug gling through a woeful season despite his big year at the new York still Hopes to fight its Way Back into the playoff Miguel Cairo replaced the last time he was on the disabled list was in july 2000 with because of a right knee that something were going to definitely try to Rodriguez in a turnback Hemlock Clemens 23 retired his final 15 batters after Joe makers Lead off double in the with his in the seven time by Young award Winner struck out four and walked one in the longest out ing of his latest comeback this he pumped his fist after striking out his last hitter and walked off the Mound to a loud ovation from the crowd of As Elton Johns rocket Man played Over the who will turn 45 next is 350181 for a winning percentage second among pitchers with 350 wins to Christy Mathewson ill probably look at the history at another Clemens this is no time for me to take a for this is a tremendous amount of can he get to 400 wins i dont see that Clemens then he didst expect to approach 350 when he first retired after the 2003 sea son with 310 the rocket lost his previous three starts after winning his season debut against Pitts he even failed to strike out a Batter in his most recent a 40 loss at Balti that ended a Streak of 200 consecutive starts with at least one this Clemens out pitched Mineso tas Boot Bonser who fell to 03 in four starts since beating Washington on june it was his second loss to the Yan Kees this Allstar torn Hunter struck out once and grounded out twice against leaving him ofor25 with 14 strikeouts in his career against the his split was moving like it was like it want even Hunter he Bill new York Yankees Pitcher Roger Clemens threw eight innings to earn his 350th win on monday at Yankee stadium in new releases it like a fastball and you cant really some Guys can but not eighth on the career wins threw 67 of his 97 pitches for after closer Mariano Rivera got the final three the scoreboard flashed congratulations to Abreu connected in the and Derek Jeter bounced a two run single under the Glove of third baseman Jeff Cirillo to make it royals snap mariners Streak in Mclaren debut Mark Tampa Bay Devil rays third baseman Akl Norl Iwamura 1 leaps for the Ball after the throw from second baseman to wig Glinton bounced off the Back of Cleveland indians runner Victor Martinez in the eighth inning the indians scored seven runs in the inning and won the associated press Kansas on an eight game winning Streak As a Bench John Mclaren lost in his debut As a major league after an intense and Well pitched the 55yearold Rookie manager watched Emil Browns a thinning sacrifice Fly Lead the Kansas City royals Over Seattle 32 monday that was a pretty intense to be honest with a lot of things going on in said who became manager following Mike Hargroves Shock ing resignation its been a whirlwind couple of it would have been Nice to win to David Dejesus Dou bled twice and scored the win Ning run for the Dejesus doubled and scored in the and homered in the then in the he doubled Over right fielder Jose after Brandon Morrow 32 walked Esteban Mark Teahen Laid Down a sacrifice that moved Dejesus to Brown ended it with a Fly Ball to Octavio Dotel 11 earned his first win for the striking out the Side in the Lith in be tween two scratch there was a lot of strategy involved in that Mclaren our Guys did a Good we just  get the big hit when we needed he also had another first baseman Richie Sexson left the game in the ninth after bruising his Guillen started in on Dejesus a thinning drive and could not get Back in that Ball just jumped of his Bat like Hes one of those Power hit its amazing the Way the Ball jumped off his Guillen i should have got a better read on that you think you got and the last minute it just keeps going i just displayed Kansas City had the potential winning run on third in both the ninth and 10th but Brown and Alex Gordon struck out to end the ninth and Joey Gathright struck out for the third out in the we need to be More aggressive in those royals manager buddy Bell i think we tend to be too particular with our strike and we just have to be More the problem with a Young team a lot of times is that they dont quite understand that the pitchers the one that in the hitters not the one in red sox rangers 3 Eric Hinske had a base loaded triple and Dustin Pedroia hit a two run double for Host Kason Gabbard 20 allowed three three hits and four walks in 5 striking out four relievers combined for two hit Brandon Mccarthy 45 gave up four runs and six hits Over innings in his first appearance since june he had been on the disabled list because of a Blister on his right Middle indians Devil rays 2 Faus to Carmona won his ninth game and Rookie outfielder Ben fran Cisco homered and drove in three runs As Host Cleveland completed a fou game Grady Sizemore broke open the game with an eighth inning grand the 500th hit of his Carmona 94 struck out a Ca ree High he allowed two runs one earned and walked two in six orioles White sox 6 Kevin Millar singled in the godhead run in the ninth off Chicago closer Bobby Jenks As visiting Balti More came from four runs Down Over the final two with Baltimore trailing Corey Patterson led off the ninth a his fourth straight he scored the tying run on Brian Roberts rib single off Jenks who blew his third save in 25 after a an intentional walk and a double Millar hit an rib single to give the orioles a 76 Blue athletics 7 ver non Wells homered twice to help Josh towers win consecutive Deci Sions for the first time in nearly two years and visiting Toronto snapped a fou game losing Wells sparked a six run third in Ning against Lenny Dinardo 35 with a Home run and added another Solo shot his 11th of the sea son to Lead off the sixth against Colby Wells added two sin Matching his career High with four