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DETROIT--In 1986, Roger Clemens was a young fireballer amidsthis first Cy Young season when he struck out 20 Seattle Marinersand established a Major League Baseball record. That same [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] year,Clemens won All-Star Game MVP honors as well as theregular-season MVP while leading the Red Sox to the WorldSeries. In [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] short, he was baseball's best player. Fast forward toSeptember 18, 1996, and [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] The Rocket takes the hill in Detroit [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] infront of a sparse [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] crowd of 8,779 in cavernous Tiger Stadium.Both teams are out of the pennant race and Clemens, who is 39-38during the past four seasons, is two weeks away from becoming afree agent. "I know I'm winding down," said Clemens, who enteredthe game 9-12 on the season, "and the wins haven't fallen my waythis year like I would've hoped."
Just as he did 10 years earlier, Clemens issued no walks whilestriking out 20. The victory stands as his final win in a RedSox uniform and it took 151 pitches to complete. The win alsotied him with Cy Young atop the Red Sox all-time leader board invictories (192) and shutouts (3 Cool

. "I feel very fortunate andvery blessed," Clemens said. "I've been doing it for 13 yearsand I can't believe I had 20 again. I knew I had a lot, but thisis incredible."
Four innings later, Rocket [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] is firing on all cylinders. He hasnine strikeouts when he fans Travis Fryman to start the 5thinning. Melvin Nieves and Phil Nevin sit down next. Clemens nowhas 12 strikeouts including the last five [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] batters. After [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] aleadoff single in the sixth, he gets the side again as KimeraBartee, Bobby Higginson, and Alan Trammell fall victim in order.Clemens tacks on two more strikeouts in both the 7th and 8thinnings. He toes the rubber in the final frame with 19strikeouts, one shy of his own record. With one out, RubenSierra singles; it's the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] fifth Tiger hit of the night (allsingles). Tony Clark follows and flies [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] out. Fryman is next andClemens rings him up to make history, again. "You can't evencount on striking out 20 big-league hitters, I'm [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] just happy totie it. I knew that I had it in the upper teens, but then[catcher [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Bill] Haselman ran out to the mound to let me know Iwas near the record," said Clemens. "I think that made it moreemotional for me. I mean that's all but seven guys in the game."
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