AMERICAN LEAGUE Clemens gains 298th win

He pitched shutout ball into the seventh as the Yankees beat the Athletics, 5-2.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Roger Clemens earned his 298th career victory, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and leading the New York Yankees over the Oakland Athletics 5-2 Saturday.
Clemens ended his two-game losing streak by giving up one run and six hits in 62/3 innings.
The Rocket (5-2) struck out five, leaving him 41 short of reaching 4,000. He walked one.
Clemens, a six-time AL Cy Young winner, won his rematch with Barry Zito, who got the award last year.
Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his third save.
Zito (5-3) gave up four runs on five hits over six innings. He walked four and struck out seven.
Jorge Posada hit a three-run homer and Bernie Williams had a solo shot for the Yankees.
Williams led off the fourth with his seventh home run of the season to give the Yankees the early lead. He hit a drive that just made it over the left-field fence about 10 feet from the foul line.
NEW YORKOAKLAND
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ASrano 2b4000MEllis 2b3000
Zeile 3b4100Httberg dh5000
Posada c5233EChavz 3b3010
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Matsui lf3000Mnchno 3b1000
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Totals34575Totals35282
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Oakland000000110--2
E--Zeile (5). LOB--New York 9, Oakland 9. 2B--Posada 2 (8), Byrnes 2 (5), Singleton (9). HR--Posada (9), BWilliams (7).
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New York
Clemens W,5-26 2-361115
Hitchcock121000
JuAcevedo1-300000
MRivera S,3100000
Oakland
Zito L,5-3654447
Bradford121121
Neu200003
HBP--by MRivera (MEllis), by Neu (ASoriano), by Clemens (MLJohnson). Umpires--Home, Laz Diaz; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Jim Joyce. T--2:54. A--44,486.
Devil Rays 3, Tigers 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Seth McClung allowed one run in seven innings and Aubrey Huff homered to lead Tampa Bay.
McClung (3-1) gave up five hits, struck out nine and walked two in his third career start and 10th appearance overall.
Huff put the Devil Rays up 1-0 with his ninth homer in the first inning.
Al Levine and Lance Carter completed a seven-hitter, with Carter pitching the ninth for his seventh save.
Eric Munson had a solo homer for the Tigers. It was the major league-leading eighth time Detroit was shutout this season.
Javier Valentin hit an RBI double to put Tampa Bay ahead 2-0 in the fourth.
Munson got the Tigers within 2-1 on his third homer in the seventh.
Carl Crawford's run-scoring double in the bottom of the inning gave Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead. It was just his third RBI in 24 games.
Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman (2-5) gave up three runs and eight hits over 62/3 innings. The rookie had two strikeouts and walked one.
Detroit's Bobby Higginson was ejected by plate umpire Phil Cuzzi for arguing a third strike in the sixth inning.
He started toward first base after a 3-2 pitch from McClung. After Cuzzi called the pitch a strike, Higginson walked slowly in front of the umpire as he headed toward the dugout and was then thrown out of the game shortly after he started talking to Cuzzi.
DETROITTAMPA BAY
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Munson 3b4111Vlentin c3011
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Totals32171Totals31383
Detroit000000100--1
Tampa Bay10010010x--3
LOB--Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 6. 2B--Inge (1), RSantiago (5), Tyner (2), Crawford (4), TLee (7), MAnderson (4), Valentin (1). HR--Munson (3), Huff (9). S--Torres, Kingsale, Tyner.
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Detroit
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Tampa Bay
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LCarter S,7110001
Umpires--Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Jerry Crawford; Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Larry Poncino. T--2:19. A--12,325.