Twins’ Kody Clemens homers in 1st Fenway game in front of father, Roger Clemens

Last Updated: May 3, 2025By

Kody Clemens hit a two-run homer in his first game at Fenway Park — with his famous father in attendance — and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Saturday.

With former Red Sox ace Roger Clemens watching from a luxury box along the first-base line, his son drove an 0-1 slider from Hunter Dobbins (2-1) over the short wall in the right-field corner to push Minnesota ahead 3-1 in the sixth inning.

Kody Clemens cranks a two-run homer as Twins grab lead over Red Sox

“It was amazing,” Roger said, standing in the box during a rain delay with his wife — Kody’s mother Debbie — and Kody’s wife Jessica.

“Just think about — I put myself in his shoes — even though he’s my kid, he’s here at Fenway, and he obviously wants to perform well, hitting a home run would be the ultimate thing to do and he goes up there up in a clutch situation and does it,” Roger said. “Just a great moment and I’m glad we’re here.”

A fan threw the ball back onto the field and the ball attendant retrieved it in shallow right, before tossing it into the stands behind first base.

“We got the ball,” Roger said.

Roger Clemens said a friend of his saw where they threw it, then that friend went down and got the fan and his family to bring it up to the box to Roger. They took a photo with Roger, who said that he was sending the fan some things.

“It was so crazy,” Debbie said of what the three of them did, celebrating in the box. “It was just great being here and for his first time being able to play.”

Jessica made her first trip to Boston. She’s going home with an extra gift.

Debbie said the ball was going to “Kody and Jessica.”

The 28-year-old Clemens, who has 15 career homers, was acquired from Philadelphia on April 26 after being designated for assignment by the Phillies.

Roger Clemens, who was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2014, went 192-111 over 13 seasons with Boston, and won the AL MVP and Cy Young Award in 1986.

In April 1986, he became the first pitcher to strike out 20 in a game.

Roger Clemens had a career record of 354-184 with a 3.12 ERA over 24 seasons. He is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame after falling short of the required 75% vote and running out of eligibility to be on the ballot. He maintains he never used performance-enhancing drugs despite being accused of doing so.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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