Clash of the titans

All eyes were on Houston yesterday, as Roger Clemens went head-to-head with Barry Bonds as the Astros played the San Franscisco Giants. Bonds won the pre-game quote battle by saying that Clemens (and Pettitte) better hit their spots, but Clemens did his talking on the field, striking out Bonds twice in the seven innings that he pitched in Houston's 10-1 victory. The highlights I saw seemed to indicate that Bonds wasn't too happy with the two called third strikes he took, but the pitches looked good to me - Clemens hit the perfect spot both times with low fastballs, and the strikeouts were two of a total of nine he recorded during the game. His final pitching line looked like this:

IP 7.0 H 1 ER 0 BB 3 SO 9 ERA 0.00

Not bad for a guy who was supposed to retire at the end of last season.