BOSTON FEASTS ON RED-FACED CLEMENS : BOSTON 13 N.Y. YANKEES 1.

Byline: Peter Botte New York Daily News 

There hasn't been cause for this much celebration in the Olde Towne since they dumped crates of tea into the harbor. Since Norm paid his tab at Cheers.

The New York Yankees' Roger Clemens suffered so much more than a pounding by his former team in Saturday's one-sided dream-turned-nightmare date, which ended as a 13-1 rout for the Boston Red Sox behind Pedro Martinez's two-hit shutout over seven innings at Fenway Park.

Clemens was outpitched and thoroughly outclassed by his successor as a Boston pitching deity. He was booed, laughed at and ridiculed, even long after his departure, with derisive calls of ``Where is Roger?''

And perhaps most embarrassing to the bottled Rocket, he also allowed his former team to get off the mat and back into the AL Championship Series with a Game 3 rout. If this series goes seven games, we get to do it all again in New York.

``I was in a situation where I knew what I was up against,'' Clemens said. ``Obviously I'd love to make a better showing than that. Everything happens for a reason. . . .

``I'm disappointed. I obviously wanted to be sharper than I was and definitely didn't want to give them that much momentum early.''

Clemens was racked for five runs in two-plus innings before Hideki Irabu, the sacrificial toad, tossed five innings of batting practice. He allowed eight more runs - seven earned - on 13 hits in his first career postseason appearance.

``One-nothing, 3-to-2, 40-to-nothing,'' Yankees catcher Joe Girardi said, ``they're all the same.''

Think again. In years to come, parents will tell their sons and daughters about this New England day like they were told about Carlton Fisk's homer in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which Boston lost in seven.

The Yankees can only hope that the same is in store for the Red Sox.

Because suddenly, they have to dread facing Pedro in a Game 7 the way Darryl Strawberry and the Mets knew they had to avoid facing Houston's Mike Scott in 1986.

``I hope I don't have to pitch again, but if I do I'll be ready,'' Clemens said.

``We understand things like this happen,'' Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said in the clubhouse. ``He just can't let it happen again.''

The front page of a local newspaper was made to look like a boxing poster for a nine-round championship bout billed ``The Fight of the Century: Brawl in Beantown.'' The listed undercard included Derek Jeter vs. Nomar Garciaparra, Jose Offerman vs. Chuck Knoblauch and the Fenway Faithful vs. Darryl Strawberry.

But there was no question about the main event.

``When I hear media hype, it's usually no big deal. But this is a big deal,'' Yankees manager Joe Torre said in his office before the game.

``You look at every sporting event that gets this kind of attention,'' Girardi said later, ``and they almost never live up to it.''

Martinez did his share. With his back aching and his fastball hovering in the low 90s, the likely unanimous Cy Young winner and possible AL MVP relied on his changeup and other offspeed stuff to finish with 12 strikeouts.

The results were not much different than his 17-strikeout one-hitter at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 10. And if Bret Saberhagen can outgun Andy Pettitte tonight?

``I have no doubts we were going to completely shift from what happened in New York to playing a game here,'' said Martinez, who allowed singles to Derek Jeter in the first and Tino Martinez in the fourth. ``We are home. And we are more confident.''

While Pedro began mowing down the Yanks, the Fenway faithful chanted ``Raaaah-jaaah, Raaaah-jaaah'' throughout the first and only got more vociferous as the runs kept coming.

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PHOTO (1 -- color) Nomar Garciaparra hits a two-run homer in the seventh inning of Boston's rout at Fenway Park.

Charles Krupa/Associated Press

(2) The Yankees' Roger Clemens leaves in the third inning and hears about it from Red Sox fans.

Elise Amendola/Associated Press