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Yankees' Clemens Unlikely to Pitch at Fenway
Wednesday, May 30, 2007; Page E04
Roger Clemens is ready to return to the Yankees' rotation and likely will start against the White Sox next Monday.
Clemens pitched six shutout innings for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Yankees Manager Joe Torre said before last night's game against Toronto that he'll stay with Chien-Ming Wang, Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte as his starters for this weekend's series at AL East-leading Boston.
  "I don't think that series needs any more hype," says Yankees Manager Joe Torre, about Roger Clemens pitching in Boston. (By Ralph Francello -- Associated Press) MLB Basics |
"I'm not disappointed that he's not pitching at Fenway," Torre said. "I don't think that series needs any more hype than it gets every time we play it, whether it's in Fenway or at the Stadium. You'd obviously be tempted if you had a kid pitching and you can replace him with Roger Clemens. When you have Wang, Moose and Andy, there's really not the temptation to do that."
Torre wasn't ready to finalize his decision.
"Until I talk to him personally, it's tough to pick a particular day," he said.
If Clemens is put on the major league roster Monday, he would receive $18,207,665 this season, a prorated share of his $28,000,022 salary.
The 44-year-old right-hander struck out six and gave up two hits and two walks in Monday's start.
· ACHES AND PAINS: Red Sox DH David Ortiz was out for the third consecutive game. Ortiz has been resting a "barking" hamstring that he attributed to dehydration. . . .
Blue Jays 3B Troy Glaus was a late scratch from Toronto's game against the Yankees because of a tight hamstring.
Glaus landed on the disabled list in April because of a sore left heel caused by a bone spur, then sat out again for a few days earlier this month with a recurrence of the same injury.
An all-star in 2006, Glaus is batting .278 with eight home runs and 24 RBI in 33 games this season.
· WEEKLY HONOR: Cleveland's Casey Blake was named the AL player of the week for the period ending May 27. Blake batted .348 with eight extra-base hits, including four homers.
-- From News Services
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