Houston ? Roger Clemens was hit on the left wrist by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City’s Matt Stairs during the Houston Astros’ 3-0 exhibition loss to the Royals on Saturday night, but the Rocket didn’t think the injury was significant.

“It is a little sore, but I’m going to ice it. It will be all right,” Clemens said.

In his final tuneup for his first regular-season start Friday against Cincinnati, Clemens gave up two runs — one earned — and five hits in six innings.

He was hit by Stairs’ liner in the sixth.

“I doesn’t matter. I had better be getting my mind in tune to pitch six or seven innings,” Clemens said. “My body feels good, and my legs feel good. I just need to get my mind right now.”

Houston manager Phil Garner did not seem concerned about the injury to the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

“The stitches hit right on his wrist, and it looked like it might bleed, but he wasn’t going to do anything. It hit on his left wrist, so it might affect his hitting, and he might not try to steal a base, but that is a good thing,” Garner joked. “I was very pleased with the way he threw. His leg looked solid, and, of course, hit arm was strong.”

Houston starting pitcher Roger Clemens delivers in the first inning of the Astros' 3-0 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Clemens was hit by a line drive off the bat of Matt Stairs in the sixth inning of the spring game Saturday in Houston.

Kansas City used nine pitchers, with Andrew Sisco getting the victory.

“This was the final touch. We used our best guys first, and they all threw the ball well,” Kansas City manager Tony Pena said. “You won’t see those guys again until the regular season.”

Calvin Pickering hit his second home run of the spring for Kansas City.

Notes: Kansas City placed RHP Scott Sullivan and 3B Chris Truby on the disabled list and purchased the contracts of C Alberto Castillo and OF Emil Brown. INFs Denny Hocking and Joe McEwing were reassigned.