<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/phillies-news-roger-clemens-incredible-reaction-kody-clemens-home-run-vs-cubs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Roger Clemens’ incredible reaction to Kody Clemens’ home run in Phillies’ win vs. Cubs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Phillies-news-Roger-Clemens_-incredible-reaction-to-Kody-Clemens_-home-run-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Roger Clemens’ incredible reaction to Kody Clemens’ home run in Phillies’ win vs. Cubs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-20T16:32:33-07:00">May 20th, 4:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-20T16:33:10-07:00">May 20th, 4:33pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A son and father’s relationship is always a unique one, maybe even more so when they are both professional athletes. And even more so when that father is seven-time Cy Young and colorful personality <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-gerrit-cole-enters-roger-clemens-territory-after-reaching-this-unreal-feat" rel="noopener">Roger Clemens</a>. His son, Philadelphia Phillies first baseman <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-shohei-ohtani-hilariously-autographed-kody-clemens-68-4-mph-strikeout-ball" rel="noopener">Kody Clemens</a>, launched a home run 400 feet as part of a monster first inning against Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs Saturday. Roger Clemens gave a <a href="https://twitter.com/rogerclemens/status/1660021667811282944" rel="noopener">bizarre seal of approval</a>.</p><p>“Can’t sneak a piece of cheese by a rat! Swing it kid!” the retired right-hander tweeted. </p><p>Comparing your son to a rodent whose name evokes a negative connotation might not sound like a compliment to the average person, but remember this is the man who famously brushed his other son Koby with a pitch inside after being taken deep at Spring Training in 2006. Clemens shows love in his own way.<br></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Can’t sneak a piece of cheese by a rat! Swing it kid! <a href="https://t.co/0ZMtSyIDNN">https://t.co/0ZMtSyIDNN</a></p><p>— Roger Clemens (@rogerclemens) <a href="https://twitter.com/rogerclemens/status/1660021667811282944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kody Clemens is doing his best to carve out a path for himself in his first full MLB season. The 27-year-old now has four home runs, but is batting just .229 with a .288 on-base percentage. He has also pitched in three outings of clean-up duty this season.</p><p>The Phillies have yet to find their footing with a 21-24 record and are just two-and-a-half games clear of the last-place Washington Nationals. Bryce Harper has picked up where he left off before undergoing offseason Tommy John surgery, but the team has not played up to their 2022 postseason form.</p><p>They started slow last year as well and dismissed manager Joe Girardi in June. While Rob Thompson is probably safe for now, things need to change fast. Maybe Clemens the younger can be an unlikely catalyst for a resurgence.</p><p>An 11-3 victory is a good start.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Roger Clemens’ incredible reaction to Kody Clemens’ home run in Phillies’ win vs. Cubs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/phillies-news-philadelphia-inside-information-gregory-soto-kody-clemens-tigers-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Phillies got ‘inside information’ on Gregory Soto, Kody Clemens before Tigers trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/phillies-news-philadelphia-got-inside-information-on-gregory-soto-kody-clemens-before-tigers-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Phillies got ‘inside information’ on Gregory Soto, Kody Clemens before Tigers trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-07T15:12:29-08:00">January 7th, 3:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-07T15:12:29-08:00">January 7th, 3:12pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/gregory-soto-roger-clemens-son-headed-to-phillies-in-trade-with-tigers" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Phillies pulled off</a> an intriguing trade on Saturday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-phillies-tigers-gregory-soto-trade" rel="noopener">acquiring closer Gregory Soto</a> and utility man Kody Clemens from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Nick Maton, Matt Vierling, and Donny Sands. It also appears GM Dave Dombrowski <a href="https://twitter.com/byalexcoffey/status/1611843625419444224" rel="noopener">had some inside information</a> before deciding to bring in the two players.</p><p>Via Alex Coffey:</p><p>“Dombrowski mentioned that the Phillies got some “inside information” on Gregory Soto and Kody Clemens from David Chadd, who was the Tigers’ assistant GM before he joined the Phillies’ org this offseason. Chadd now works for the Phillies as a special assignment scout.”</p><p>Connections are always valuable in baseball. Dombrowski had one with David Chadd, who clearly told him the Phillies should consider Soto and Clemens. The move for Soto is the most intriguing one of the lot though because the southpaw is electric on the mound with a high 90s heater and can even touch triple digits. While he went just 2-11 in 2022 with 34 walks in 60.1 innings of work, the lefty notched 30 saves in 33 opportunities. The problem for Soto has always been command. He is a two-time All-Star and can truly be elite if he can throw strikes on a more consistent basis.</p><p>As for Clemens, his experience at the big league level is limited, making his debut last season. The son of Rogers Clemens hit .145 with five homers in 56 games. Clemens did slash .274 in Triple-A Toledo, though. The Phillies are coming off a World Series appearance and also signed Trea Turner to be their next franchise shortstop this offseason. They should be a contender again in 2023, even with Bryce Harper missing time after undergoing Tommy John.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Phillies got ‘inside information’ on Gregory Soto, Kody Clemens before Tigers trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shohei Ohtani hilariously autographed Kody Clemens’ 68.4 MPH strikeout ball');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shohei-Ohtani-Kody-Clemens-Angels-Tigers.jpg"></figure><h1>Shohei Ohtani hilariously autographed Kody Clemens’ 68.4 MPH strikeout ball</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-09-06T16:54:16-07:00">September 6th, 4:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-09-06T16:54:16-07:00">September 6th, 4:54pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As if there are not enough reasons to love Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani, here he comes again with another reminder that he’s not just an incredible baseball player but also a fantastic human being. Remember when Detroit Tigers outfielder Kody Clemens stepped on the mound late in the blowout loss to the Angels Monday night and struck out Shohei Ohtani with a 68 MPH <i>heater </i>and said that he plans to seek Ohtani’s autograph on that ball?  Well, he just got his wish.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kody Clemens just received his Shohei Ohtani strikeout ball from last night – autographed by the Angels superstar with the inscription:</p><p>“What a nasty pitch!” </p><p>📸 KodyClemens on Instagram <a href="https://t.co/JkiiFS0iTb">pic.twitter.com/JkiiFS0iTb</a></p><p>— Adrian Garro (@adriangarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/adriangarro/status/1567285579188142082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Tigers lost that game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-kody-clemens-reveals-plan-after-striking-out-shohei-ohtani-in-loss-to-angels/">10-0</a>, so they went for Kody Clemens to help them finish the contest without wasting any more of their arms in the pitching staff. Clemens, the son of former strikeout machine Roger Clemens, earned his first career strikeout off of Shohei Ohtani, who probably is too good of a guy to have intentionally let Clemens get his K.</p><p>Via <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/kody-clemens-first-career-strikeout-against-shohei-ohtani">Adrian Garro of MLB.com</a>:</p><p>“[We] were talking in the dugout. I was like, ‘I’m probably going to face Shohei in the eighth, or whatever,’” Clemens explained. “I was just throwing it in there, and I got to two strikes. I was like, ‘Oh my god, this might happen. Who knows?’ And I threw it 60-whatever miles an hour, and luckily, he took it.”</p><p>Kody Clemens might not get another strikeout as a pitcher ever again, so punching out a historically great player like Shohei Ohtani is something he could at least brag to his legendary dad, who’s got a ton of them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shohei Ohtani hilariously autographed Kody Clemens’ 68.4 MPH strikeout ball

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kody Clemens reveals plan after striking out Shohei Ohtani in Tigers’ loss to Angels');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shohei-Othani-Kody-Clemens-Tigers-Angels.jpg"></figure><h1>Kody Clemens reveals plan after striking out Shohei Ohtani in Tigers’ loss to Angels</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-09-06T07:07:15-07:00">September 6th, 7:07am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-09-06T07:07:15-07:00">September 6th, 7:07am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers were absolutely crushed Monday night by Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels, dropping the first game of a three-game set in LA, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/shohei-ohtani-matches-angels-franchise-record-hes-bound-to-break-this-season/">10-0</a>. But at least for Tigers outfielder Kody Clemens, he went to bed with the cool memory of his surprising strikeout of Shohei Ohtani.</p><p>With the Tigers down big and not wanting to waste any more pitcher arms in the landslide loss that was happening, they decided to call upon Klemens to do work in the bottom of the eighth inning where he caught Shohei Ohtani looking.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kody Clemens’ first career strikeout: Shohei Ohtani </p><p>Congrats, <a href="https://twitter.com/kodyclem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kodyclem</a>, keep that ball! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DetroitRoots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DetroitRoots</a> <a href="https://t.co/hIeQuR9Roz">pic.twitter.com/hIeQuR9Roz</a></p><p>— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsDET/status/1567006748547891200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That was also the first career strikeout for Kody Clemens, the son of former MLB strikeout machine Roger Clemens, who racked up a total of  4,672 strikeouts during his distinguished pitching career in Major League Baseball. The younger Clemens isn’t going to get a lot of opportunities to pitch, so for him to record a punch out at the expense of Shohei Ohtani is definitely one that’s worth cherishing for an entire lifetime.</p><p>“I’m just trying to get outs, and for it to come like that is obviously super cool. He’s the best player in baseball. So it’s a pretty cool moment for me,” Clemens said about his getting his first career K versus Shohei Otahni, per <a href="https://twitter.com/SamBlum3/status/1567016000373280768">Sam Blum of The Athletic</a>. Blum also added that Clemens will look to get Shohei Ohtani to sign the ball this Tuesday when the Tigers and the Angels play the second game of this three-game set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.216	14	39	0.727	2

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