Kody Clemens’ big moment at father’s old stomping grounds leads Twins to victory

BOSTON As a member of the Boston Red Sox for years Roger Clemens has no shortage of memorable moments at Fenway Park It was where he began one of the majority of dominant careers of all time It was the site of his first -strikeout competition It was his home when he won the first three Cy Young Awards of his career Now his son has a memorable Fenway moment of his own In his very first championship at Fenway Park with his father in attendance Kody Clemens hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning on Saturday evening helping lift the Twins to a badly-needed - win over the Red Sox It s a big-time home run for us as a gang but that s a sweet moment manager Rocco Baldelli disclosed He s got his whole family here He s at Fenway Park Obviously his dad had so much history in this place with these fans I bet that ll be one of the biggest moments no matter what he does hopefully he plays for more years that ll be something he never forgets and I ll never forget either Clemens visited Fenway Park as a Tiger a limited years back but did not get a chance to play He watched from the bench on Friday But Saturday when he was inserted into the starting lineup he made the the greater part of his opportunity With the Twins - and Red Sox - locked in - tie Clemens launched a slider into the right field stands with his parents and wife looking on Let s go Proud dad moment Roger tweeted It was a meaningful home run personally to be sure and also an significant one for the Twins - who were on a four-game skid and had uncovered offense hard to come by earlier in the meeting yet again Fortunately I got a good pitch there and put a good swing on it Clemens commented It was super cool and a super special moment The Twins scored once more in the inning after Clemens home run with a Trevor Larnach single bringing in their fourth run of the competition That came after they missed out on a chance to break the competition open an inning earlier when Carlos Correa flew out with the bases loaded The late offense made a winner of Bailey Ober who turned in his fifth straight quality start In this one he allowed just a run which came in the third inning and fanned six I m feeling pretty good as of late Ober reported I feel like this day I was able to really get my changeup rolling It felt good to be able to use that currently and kind of lean on it when I needed to Shortly after Ober recorded the final out of the sixth inning it started raining at Fenway Park leading to a rain delay though the amount of time it rained was just a couple minutes After the contest picked back up the Red Sox tightened it up scoring a pair of runs off Brock Stewart who hit a batter and allowed a triple before Rafael Devers single brought home two runs to bring the Red Sox within a run Each crew threatened in the eighth inning the Twins had a runner thrown out at home on the contact play and the Red Sox had a pair of runners on with just one out before Cole Sands induced a critical double play but neither broke through In the ninth Jhoan Duran was able to work around a leadoff single to seal the save after the Twins intentionally walked Alex Bregman to get to Wilyer Abreu After a handful of close losses this week it marked just the Twins second one-run win of the season For the bullpen to hang on like it did for Cole Sands to come in and make chosen huge pitches and then Duran come in and slam the door that was huge for us Ober explained It was awesome to watch Related Articles Derek Falvey speaks of disappointing Twins season Saints rained out give up on double-header Twins lose to Red Sox dropping fourth straight contest Is there a tighter strike zone this year Twins players have noticed it Twins lose another in Cleveland in walk-off fashion