PITCHER Roger Clemens stretched his American League record streak to 19 wins as the New York Yankees beat his old club Boston Red Sox 4-1.
Clemens is within five wins of tying Carl Hubbell for the major league mark for consecutive wins, set from 1936-37.
The Yankees are now only half a game behind Boston at the top of the American League East.AMERICAN LEAGUE.- Oakland 6 Kansas City 1, Detroit 10 Chicago 5, NY Yankees 4 Boston 1, Baltimore 6 Anaheim 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE.- Atlanta 8 Milwaukee 7, Colorado 4 Houston 3, St Louis 3 San Francisco 2 (12 Innings), Los Angeles 4 Cincinnati 3
