Saturday's Babelicious Scoreboard

Pirates 3, Yankees 9

Roger Clemens and his enormous gut (1-0, 4.50 ERA), pitching in pinstripes for the first time in four years, labored through the first few innings but found his groove eventually. He struck out seven in six good innings and retired his final seven batters, punctuated by a fist pump.

The 44-year-old Rocket allowed three runs, five hits and two walks against the lethargic Pittsburgh Pirates, who entered with the lowest on-base percentage in the National League at .312.

Alex Rodriguez drove in two runs for the Yankees, who have also found their way, winning a season-best five straight and 8 of 10 overall. Robinson Cano had three hits, driving in one run and Bobby Abreu went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Johnny Damon and Jorge Posada also had an RBI a piece.

Pirates starter Paul Maholm tossed 5.1 innings and gave up 5 runs - 3 earned - on six hits with 3 strikeouts and five walks.

Shortstop Jack Wilson went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI and Adam LaRoche drove in the other Pittsburgh run.