Major League Baseball Roundup : Clemens Beats Texas With 3-Hitter

Roger Clemens pitched a three-hit shutout Monday night as the surging Boston Red Sox won their 12th game without a loss under Manager Joe Morgan by defeating the Texas Rangers, 2-0, at Arlington, Tex.

Clemens (14-5) has seven shutouts, most in the major leagues. He struck out 14 to give him a total of 219 this year, also a major league high.

The Red Sox are in third place in the American League East, 1 1/2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees and 1 game behind the second-place Detroit Tigers.

Charlie Hough (9-11) took the loss, although he allowed only four hits over nine innings.

Boston broke a scoreless tie in the seventh. Dwight Evans hit a single with one out, took second when Mike Greenwell walked and scored one out later on Jody Reed’s single.

New York 3, Milwaukee 2--Don Mattingly hit a two-run home run and drove in all three runs as the Yankees beat the Brewers at New York to take sole possession of first place for the first time since June 19.

The Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the second on Joey Meyer’s two-run home run, one of only three hits allowed by John Candelaria (11-6). But New York rallied to take the lead in the seventh when Luis Aguayo hit a single and Mattingly, batting against Teddy Higuera (7-6), then hit his 10th home run.

Minnesota 5, Toronto 4--Kirby Puckett’s fourth hit of the game, a two-out double in the ninth inning, drove in two runs as the Twins rallied to beat the Blue Jays at Minneapolis.

Al Newman hit a single with one out in the ninth against reliever Tom Henke (1-3), who entered the game with 17 saves in 18 opportunities. John Moses ran for Newman and took second one out later when Randy Bush walked. Puckett then hit an 0-and-2 pitch off the wall in right-center field.

Puckett also had three singles to extend his hitting streak to 13 games and give him 143 hits this year, the most in the majors.

Chicago 6, Seattle 5--Dave Gallagher and Greg Walker had three hits each as the White Sox held on to defeat the Mariners at Chicago and snap a four-game losing streak.

The Mariners, who trailed, 6-0, after five innings, cut Chicago’s lead to 6-5 by scoring twice in the seventh and three times in the ninth before Bobby Thigpen got the final two outs for his 21st save.

Jerry Reuss (7-7) allowed 10 hits in 6 innings in earning his first victory since June 16. Reuss had lost five straight.

Philadelphia 3, New York 2--Juan Samuel hit a single that scored the winning run in the seventh inning at Philadelphia as the Phillies handed the Mets their third consecutive defeat. However, the Mets remained two games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East.

Darren Daulton opened the seventh with an infield single, and Steve Jeltz sacrificed. With two outs, Samuel looped a single to right field that scored Daulton.

Don Carman (7-5) got his third straight victory, despite allowing back-to-back home runs by Kevin McReynolds, his 14th, and Darryl Strawberry, his 26th, in the fourth.

St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1--John Tudor earned his first victory in more than a month and the 100th of his career as the Cardinals beat the Pirates at St. Louis.

Tudor (5-4), whose last victory came on June 23, scattered eight hits as he completed his fourth game of the season.

Bob Walk (11-5) gave up four runs and five hits in five innings and had a six-game winning streak snapped.