Boston ? Roger Clemens earned win No. 299. When he will have a chance at his 300th career victory is anyone’s guess, though.

Clemens scattered nine hits in six innings against his former team Wednesday night, surviving a line drive off his right hand to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

Clemens (6-2) is expected to have an X-ray on his hand today. Manager Joe Torre said he would see how Clemens’ hand recovered during the next few days before committing to pitch him as scheduled Monday against the Red Sox.

Clemens will pitch again “when we know that there’s no question that he’s capable of going out there under normal conditions,” Torre said. “You have to see how he feels. I’m sure that to go out and fire it up for No. 300, he wants everything to be in the right place.”

Clemens took some convincing before coming out of the game, and he remained confident that he will start Monday in New York.

“If the skip says I’m questionable, then I’m questionable. But only until tomorrow, when I have the X-rays done,” said Clemens, who had his hand wrapped with ice, but was still able to use the hand to eat after the game.

“The way it’s feeling, I’m sure it’s fine, and I’ll be out there on Monday.”

With two outs in the sixth inning and the game tied 2-all, Bill Mueller lined the ball off the upper knuckle of the middle finger on Clemens’ throwing hand as he finished his follow-through; the seam of the ball took some of the skin off.

The Yankees coaches and training staff went out to the mound, but after a few test pitches Clemens remained in the game.

New York's Roger Clemens delivers against Boston. Clemens collected his 299th career victory as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 4-2, Wednesday night in Boston.

“I’ve had worse than this happen and have gone out there,” he said. “It’s going to take a lot more than this.”

He struck out Doug Mirabelli with his 99th pitch of the game to end the inning. When the trainer couldn’t tell Torre if Clemens was hurt, the manager decided to take him out.

Twins 4, Athletics 3

Oakland, Calif. — Dustan Mohr drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to spoil a strong start by Barry Zito as Minnesota beat Oakland. The Twins scored the tying run in the eighth off Ricardo Rincon, who allowed a leadoff single to Cristian Guzman. LaTroy Hawkins (4-0) pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for the win and Eddie Guardado worked the ninth for his 11th save in as many chances.

The benches emptied twice in Oakland’s 4-1 win Tuesday that began a three-game series, a testy rematch from last fall’s playoffs. The Twins won the deciding fifth game of the AL division series to eliminate the defending AL West champs.

The wildest thing to happen in this one was a wild pitch by Minnesota starter Kenny Rogers in the fourth that allowed Mark Ellis to score from third.

White Sox 6, Blue Jays 5

Chicago — Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Chicago rallied to beat Toronto. Lee connected off Cliff Politte (1-3) for his eighth homer, one pitch after he nearly struck out on a check swing.

Jose Valentin drew a leadoff walk off Aquilino Lopez, and after Frank Thomas bounced out and Magglio Ordonez popped out, Politte replaced Lopez. With a 1-2 count, Lee nearly swung at the next pitch but it was ruled a ball after an appeal to first base umpire Angel Hernandez. Lee then hit the winning homer.

Damaso Marte (2-0) pitched one-third of an inning for the win and Billy Koch got the final three outs for his fifth save in seven chances. Marte walked Carlos Delgado to start the ninth and Koch walked pinch-hitter Greg Myers before retiring three straight.

Rangers 8, Devil Rays 7

Arlington, Texas — Rookie Mark Teixeira homered, tripled and drove in a career-high four runs as Texas extended its season-best winning streak to five games with a victory against Tampa Bay. Ruben Sierra’s run-scoring single in the seventh inning off Jesus Colome (1-2) put the Rangers up 8-7. Sierra ended a 16-game stretch without an RBI when he drove in Rafael Palmeiro, who led off the seventh with a double.

Teixeira followed Michael Young’s single with his third homer off rookie reliever Brandon Backe to give the Rangers a 7-5 lead in the fourth inning.

Teixeira’s two-run triple highlighted a five-run third for the Rangers. Teixeira, the Rangers’ top pick (fifth overall) in the 2001 draft, started the night with a .224 average, but he’s 11-for-34 with eight RBIs in his last 11 games.

Orioles 7, Angels 6

Anaheim, Calif. — Tony Batista drove in three runs and Geronimo Gil singled home two more as Baltimore ended a six-game road losing streak with a victory over Anaheim. Baltimore ended a string of seven straight losses to the Angels, its longest skid in the series since the teams began playing in 1961.

Sidney Ponson (5-3) won for the fourth time in five starts, allowing four runs and nine hits in six innings after being staked to a 5-0 lead. Ponson improved to 4-0 lifetime against the Angels, with all of the wins coming at Edison Field. Anaheim is the only AL team that has never defeated him.

Indians 4, Tigers 0

Cleveland — C.C. Sabathia pitched six innings before leaving because of a sprained left ankle, and Cleveland sent Detroit to its ninth shutout loss. Shane Spencer drove in two runs for Cleveland, which has won three in a row for the first time this year and has five victories in its last six games.

Detroit lost its seventh straight, its longest slide since opening the season 0-9.