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Clemens, pitching for the first time since being struck on the right elbow by a line drive last week, could not find his rhythm early on the clear, 50-degree night.
Brian Downing drove in four runs for the Angels who scored more runs against Clemens than any team this year. They pounded him for 10 hits and eight runs, seven earned, in 7-1/3 innings.
Clemens, the most dominant pitcher in baseballthis season with a 24-4 record--including a 3-0mark against the Angels--came out throwing hardwith fastballs exceeding 95 m.p.h. He escaped atwo-on, two-out jam in the first inning byretiring Doug DeCinces on a drive to thecenter-field wall...
But then Clemens, averaging just over two walksper game this season, ran into trouble.
After Clemens threw ball one to Brian Downing,Red Sox Pitching Coach Bill Fischer walkedhurriedly to the mound to talk with his strugglingace. With the visit over--and Sammy Stewartwarming up for Boston in the bullpen--Downinglined a two-run single into the left-field corner.