SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds (Related) hit his 747th homer, moving
within eight of Hank Aaron's career record and leading the San
Francisco Giants past the Toronto Blue Jays (Related) 4-3 on Monday night.
Bonds' tying, two-run shot in the fourth inning was only his
second home run since May 8 and his first this month. San
Francisco's Matt Morris (Related) (7-3) recovered from a shaky start and
pitched a seven-hitter for his 23rd career complete game and third
this season.
The 42-year-old Bonds sent an 0-1 pitch an estimated 438 feet
into the right-center seats for his 13th homer of the year and
first against Josh Towers (Related) (2-4), who became the 440th pitcher to
allow a homer to Bonds. Omar Vizquel (Related) drove in the go-ahead run four
batters later.
Bonds had not homered in 33 at-bats since connecting on May 27
against Colorado's Taylor Buchholz (Related) . Bonds missed two games at
Arizona last week with shin splints.
He had hit only one home run in 77 at-bats and 108 plate
appearances since a shot off the Mets' Tom Glavine (Related) on May 8. It was
just Bonds' sixth RBIs since May 9.
PHILADELPHIA -- Adam Eaton (Related) pitched four-hit ball for seven
innings, and Ryan Howard (Related) , Pat Burrell (Related) and Jimmy Rollins (Related) homered to
lead Philadelphia over Chicago.
Eaton (7-4) pitched out of a pair of jams, made a nifty
defensive play to help his cause and won for the fourth time in
five starts.
Eaton walked three and struck out five. Mike Zagurski tossed a
perfect eighth and Antonio Alfonseca (Related) worked a one-hit ninth for his
fifth save.
Chicago starter Javier Vazquez (Related) (3-5) allowed only four hits with
one intentional walk in six innings. But the punchless White Sox
were shut out for the fifth time this season, tied for most in the
AL.
It was Philadelphia's second shutout of the year.
CHICAGO -- Carlos Zambrano (Related) mixed his pitches instead of his
punches and hit his second homer of the season to lead Chicago past
Houston.
In his first appearance at Wrigley Field since his June 1 fight
with catcher Michael Barrett (Related) , Zambrano (7-5) allowed three hits and
an unearned run in eight strong innings. He struck out eight and
threw 128 pitches while outdueling hard-luck loser Woody Williams (Related)
(2-9).
Barrett got the night off. Koyie Hill (Related) caught Zambrano for the
second consecutive start since the altercation.
Ryan Dempster (Related) rebounded from a blown save Sunday night, pitching
the ninth for his 13th save in 15 opportunities. He got slugger
Carlos Lee (Related) to ground into a game-ending double play.
Zambrano hit an opposite-field homer -- the 12th of his career --
to put Chicago up 2-0 in the third. The Cubs' first run came on
Ryan Theriot (Related) 's RBIs single.
CLEVELAND -- Raul Ibanez (Related) hit a pair of two-run homers and
doubled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to lead Seattle
over Cleveland for its fourth straight victory and eighth in nine
games.
Ibanez also tripled and finished a single shy of the cycle. Jose
Lopez hit a two-run homer off Indians starter Paul Byrd (Related) . Brandon
Morrow (3-0) pitched the last two innings for the win, despite
allowing Cleveland to tie the score in the eighth.
Trailing 7-0, the Indians scored three runs in the fifth, two in
the sixth and two in the eighth. Joe Borowski (Related) (0-3) took the loss.
The game was a makeup of an April 7 snowout at Jacobs Field.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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