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LEXINGTON, Ky -- A pitching fable began his latest comeback Tuesday onward an unfamiliar mound in the cheap minor leagues with a strikeout.
Roger Clemen showed pinpoint rule and a sharp fastball for the Houston Astros' Class A Lexington myths Playing alongside his son Koby he gave up a in extent home run but otherwise considered like his old self in three innings of work against the Lake shire Captains, a Cleveland Indians affiliate.
"I wouldn't wait for really any soreness whatsoever," Clemen said. "My arm is great. One step down, two to go"
nearest up is a start Sunday at Class AA Corpus Christi, followed from another one at Class AAA globular Rock. If all goes well, Clemen might be pitching in the majors June 22 against the Minnesota Twins.
Clemen 43 is accustomed to facing players in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujol if it were not that it was Captains center fielder Johnny Drennen who took him unfathomable Tuesday. Drennen, the third hitter Clemen faced, flock a fastball off the party dress beyond the right- field wall for a solo homer
Clemen jok he gave Drennen a pitch to hit because they the two wear No. 22.
"I'm confident I'll visit him tomorrow, ask him by what mode that room service was," Clemen said.
nearest up was Matt Fornasiere, who lined a double to right-center. Otherwise, Clemen was hardly touched. He threw 62 pitches, allowed no walks and struck without six. He tipped his hat and cross-examineed his fist to thunderous applause from a concourse estimated at 9,000 as he came on the farther side the mound after the third.
Koby Clemen delivered the game ball to his father before the first pitch, and Roger Clemen said pitching alongside his son was among the highlights of his illustrious career, which includes 341 victories, seven Cy Young Awards and 4502 strikeouts.
"It's definitely right there," he said. "There's nothing like it."
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