Roger Clemens registered his 350th win on Monday to add another milestone to his list of stunning achievements.
The New York Yankees righthander earned the win in a 5-1 decision over the Minnesota Twins on Monday.
He can now place that alongside numbers like his unprecedented seven Cy Young awards, 4,630 career strikeouts (second overall) and 46 career shutouts.
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Clemens didn't go the distance against Minnesota, but he yielded just a run and two hits over eight innings with a walk and four strikeouts.
"He pretty much dominated our lineup," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He shut us down."
Clemens is the first pitcher to reach the 350-win mark since Warren Spahn in 1963.
He remains eighth on the all-time wins list, 11 behind Kid Nichols' 361, but the landmark victory serves as another reminder of the brilliant career Clemens has enjoyed since making his debut back in 1984.
"I wouldn't have [thought I'd win 350]," Clemens said. "I was very sincere way back when in 2003. I thought I had touched a little bit of everything in this game and wanted to move on and do something else."
There has been a need for reminders this season. Clemens has struggled in his return to New York, and Monday's win was his first since his season debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 9. He entered 1-3 with a 5.32 ERA in five games -- four starts.
Those numbers hardly compare to Clemens' career ERA of 3.11 and his overall record of 350-181.
Red Sox 7, Rangers 3
At Boston, Eric Hinske had a bases-loaded triple and Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run double for Boston.
The Red Sox salvaged a split of the four-game series after scoring seven runs in the first three games against Texas, which has the second-worst ERA in the major leagues. Coming into the series, the Red Sox had been swept in a three-game series at Seattle.
Kason Gabbard (2-0) allowed three runs, three hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings, striking out five. Four relievers combined for two-hit relief.
Brad Wilkerson hit a three-run homer for Texas, which went 4-3 on its trip, the Rangers' first winning road trip since July 13-23 last year.
Indians 10, Devil Rays 2
At Cleveland, Fausto Carmona won his ninth game and rookie outfielder Ben Francisco homered and drove in three runs as Cleveland completed a four-game sweep.
Grady Sizemore broke open the game with an eighth-inning grand slam, the 500th hit of his career.
The Indians, whose 31-12 home mark is the best in the major leagues, finished 7-1 on their homestand. The Devil Rays have lost eight straight.
Royals 3, Mariners 2, 11 innings
At Kansas City, Missouri, David DeJesus homered, doubled twice and scored the winning run for Kansas City on Emil Brown's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to snap Seattle's eight-game winning streak and give John McLaren a loss in his first game as manager.
DeJesus, who homered in the third and doubled and scored in the first, doubled leading off the 11th against Brandon Morrow (3-2). After a walk and a sacrifice bunt, Brown ended it with a fly ball to center.
Orioles 7, White Sox 6
At Chicago, Kevin Millar singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth off Chicago closer Bobby Jenks as Baltimore came from four runs down over the final two innings.
With Baltimore trailing 6-5, Corey Patterson led off the ninth with a double, his fourth straight hit. He scored the tying run on Brian Roberts' RBI single off Jenks (2-4), who blew his third save in 25 chances.
Blue Jays 11, Athletics 7
At Oakland, California, Vernon Wells homered twice to help Josh Towers win consecutive decisions for the first time in nearly two years and Toronto snapped a four-game losing streak.
Wells sparked a six-run third inning against Lenny DiNardo (3-5) with a home run and added another solo shot -- his 11th of the season -- to lead off the sixth against Colby Lewis. Wells added two singles, matching his career high with four hits.
Alfonso Soriano had two hits, an RBI and a stolen base in his return to Washington as the Chicago Cubs beat the Nationals 7-2 in the National League on Monday.
Ted Lilly (7-4) allowed three hits over seven innings to give Chicago a winning record for the first time since May 9.
Soriano had 46 home runs and stole 41 bases for Washington last season, then signed a US$136 million, eight-year contract as a free agent with the Cubs in November.
Aramis Ramirez had a two-run double in the first for the Cubs, Soriano drove in a run with a single in the second, and the Cubs added two runs in the third and two in the fourth.
Washington starter Jason Simontacchi (5-6) lasted only three innings for the second time in three starts. He allowed five runs and seven hits for the Nationals, who have lost six of seven.
Dodgers 8, Braves 2
At Los Angeles, Matt Kemp had three RBIs, including a tiebreaking two-run homer, and Russell Martin had a career-high four hits to lead Los Angeles.
Derek Lowe and John Smoltz (9-5) were in a duel through five innings, with the score 1-1.
Lowe, who threw 104 pitches, left after Atlanta opened the sixth with singles by Chipper and Andruw Jones. Joe Beimel (2-1) came on, retired the side and pitched two hitless innings.
Brewers 10, Pirates 3
At Pittsburgh, backup catcher Damian Miller homered twice during a four-hit night, including a grand slam in a seven-run seventh inning, and his seven RBIs matched a Milwaukee club record.
Miller, who went 4-for-5, has three homers and 11 RBIs in his last two games after previously having no homers and six RBIs all season.
Miller's two-run shot off Pittsburgh rookie John Van Benschoten put the Brewers up 3-1 in the fourth. All of their scoring in the seventh came against Masumi Kuwata (0-1), who gave up five hits and seven runs.
Astros 7, Phillies 5
At Houston, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and Houston scored twice in the seventh inning on bases-loaded walks.
Carlos Lee had an RBI single and a solo homer and Craig Biggio had three hits, including two doubles, as the Astros won for the seventh time in their last eight home games.
Pat Burrell and Shane Victorino homered for Philadelphia.
Cardinals 11, Diamondbacks 3
At St. Louis, Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh and Scott Rolen had four RBIs for St. Louis.
Braden Looper, in his first outing following a stint on the disabled list caused by a shoulder strain, allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. Russ Springer (4-1) pitched a perfect seventh to get the win.
St. Louis tied it 3-3 in the sixth, took a 6-3 lead in the seventh and broke open the game with five runs in the eighth.
Rockies 6, Mets 2
At Denver, Matt Holliday homered and Colorado's Jason Hirsh threw six shutout innings before spraining his right ankle.
Coming off a 1-9 trip, their worst ever for that many games away from home, the Rockies celebrated their return to Coors Field by winning for the 10th time in their last 12 home games.
They scored six times in the third off Tom Glavine (7-6), who was denied his 298th career win, and Hirsh (4-7) capitalized on the early lead to beat the Mets.
Padres 3, Marlins 1
At San Diego, Brian Giles scored twice on fielder's choices for San Diego, which had only three hits in winning for the fifth time in six games. The Padres improved to 4-2 when they have three hits or fewer.
David Wells (4-5) didn't allow a run for the first time this year while holding Florida to five hits and striking out a season-high six in 6 2-3 innings. He won for the first time in five starts.
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