Clemens, Johnson, nearing milestones

Arkansas' Roger Clemens is now just one win away from 200 for his career. He will join Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez as the only others to achieve the mark. Clemens was a bit shaky in the game, a 9-3 win over Philadelphia, but he improved to 10-6 on the season thanks to a solid bullpen and a completely ineffective Erik Bedard. Another Falcon, recently-acquired Craig Biggio is one hit away from 1500 career hits.

Randy Johnson is now only eight strikeouts away from 3000. Johnson pitched a complete game, 7-hit, shutout against Honolulu, as Newark took the game 6-0. Johnson struck out six and walked none.

Hoboken had an impressive 11-7 win over Las Vegas Thursday. With a 7-4 lead late in the game, Hoboken narrowed the lead to 7-6 after a Mike Napoli homer in the eighth. In the ninth, Hoboken tied the game up with a Miguel Cabrera single, then with two outs and the bases loaded, Ian Kinsler took Damaso Marte deep for a walk-off grand slam. By the way, it was the first appearance for Marte since the Rat Pack signed him a few days ago. Welcome to the team!

There will be no games tomorrow to clean up after today's Take Your Dog to Work Day festivities.

Carolina sweeps, Newark avoids sweep

Carolina completed the sweep of first-place Philadelphia thanks to an excellent performance from Carlos Zambrano. Zambrano threw seven innings of three-hit ball and allowed only one run while striking out eleven and walking three. Carolina gave Johan Santana only his second loss of the season.

Newark, on the other hand, avoided the sweep by handing the Cutters a 10-3 loss. Gregg Zaun hit a 3-run homer rookie Tony Saunders picked up his second win on the season. Saunders is perhaps the latest in a line of WTF Sugar Bear starters - scrap heap pickups that end up winning double digits for the Sugar Bears. Will Saunders join the John Thomsons and Mike Graces and become another Newark legend? With that powerhouse offense behind him, why not?

In case you missed the late transactions last night, Arkansas signed a couple of DMBL veterans to help fill out platoon roles. Craig Biggio, who played briefly for Hoboken this year, and Bernie Williams, recently released by Sardine City, were brought on board. "We needed some veteran leadership on this team." said owner Stump Matiash. "We're tired of the constant keg parties and video game tournaments after games." Arkansas is currently two games back of sixth-place Vancouver for the final wild card spot.

South Boston broke Marietta's seven game winning streak with a 14-8 romp. Vlad Guerrero posted a monster 5-6 night with 6 RBIs and a homer. The Gang had a total of 20 hits. Marietta actually had an 8-5 lead in the ninth inning and the usually reliable Mariano Rivera on the mound, but Rivera gave up five straight singles to lead off the inning and then a homer to Prince Fielder. The Gang scored a total of nine runs in the inning when all was said and done.