Roger Clemens further denies steroid injections from Brian McNamee

Baseball star Roger Clemens testified that Brian McNamee gave him B12 shots and not steroids.

Brian McNamee, former trainer, that he had injected Clemens, 45, with steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) at least 16 times between 1998 and 2001, stating that he injected more amounts than previously admitted.

"I injected those drugs into the body of Roger Clemens at his direction," McNamee said. "I did not want to destroy Roger Clemens. I was hoping this issue would just fade away." he told the Oversight Committee.

Clemens again vehemently denied under oath charges of dope cheating, which emerged after McNamee named him in a probe into baseball doping by former Senator George Mitchell.

Mitchell's report followed a 20-month probe into doping and named more than 80 major league players with doping links.

"I've never used steroids, human growth hormone or any other type of illegal performance-enhancing drugs," said Clemens. "The suggestion I'd use steroids or other illegal drugs is totally incompatible with who I am what I stand for, I had no idea this man would exploit the trust I gave him to try to save his own skin by making up lies that have devastated me and my family." Clemens told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee.

Clemens, who won fame with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, has a 354-184 career record with a 3.12 earned-run average and 4,672 strikeouts.