BOSTON -- Roger Clemens got win No. 299 last night. When he'll have a chance at his 300th career victory is anyone's guess, however.

Clemens scattered nine hits in six innings against his former team, 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 is expected to have an X-ray on his hand today. Manager Joe Torre said he'll see how Clemens' hand recovers over the next few days before committing to pitch him as scheduled Monday against the Red Sox.

Clemens will pitch "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'll start on 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 2-2, Bill Mueller lined the ball off the upper knuckle of the middle finger on Clemens' throwing hand as he finished his follow-through. The Yankees coaches and training staff went out to the mound, but after a few test pitches Clemens remained in the game.

"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.

The decision became easier to take when Raul Mondesi singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh.

YANKEES 4

RED SOX 2