Apr 26, 2007 1:31 am US/Pacific
Bonds Hits Home Run No. 741; Giants Beat LA
LOS ANGELES (AP / Sports Network) ―
Barry Bonds hit his 741st career homer, a three-run shot in the first inning, Pedro Feliz had the go-ahead homer in the sixth and the San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles 6-4 Wednesday night for their first seven-game winning streak in nearly three years.
Bonds has homered in three of his last four games, moving him within 14 of Hank Aaron's career record. He sent a 1-1 pitch from Randy Wolf into right-center field in the first inning. It was his second homer off Wolf and first since 1999.
Bonds went 2-for-4 with two strikeouts before being replaced by pinch-runner Dave Roberts in the eighth.
Noah Lowry (2-2) gave up four runs and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings, striking out four and walking five. Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his sixth save in as many chances.
The Giants jumped on Wolf in the first, scoring four runs before the left-hander got his first out. Rich Aurilia's RBI single preceded Bonds' homer.
Wolf (3-2) allowed five runs on six hits in six innings, striking out six and walking one. Twice he retired eight of nine batters -- striking out Bonds twice -- but the homers cost him a chance at a fourth consecutive victory.
Feliz hit a 2-0 pitch from Wolf into right-center field with two outs in the sixth, giving the Giants a 5-4 lead. Wolf followed the trajectory of the ball before hanging his head and throwing his arms in anger.
Ray Durham's RBI single in the eighth of reliever Jonathan Broxton extended San Francisco's lead to 6-4.
The Dodgers tied the game in the fourth on an RBI double by Ramon Martinez and Rafael Furcal's RBI single.
They cut the lead in half in the bottom of the first on an RBI groundout by Nomar Garciaparra and Russell Martin's run-scoring single.
Notes: Bonds tied Pete Rose for fifth in career runs scored with 2,165. ... Bonds' three RBIs moved him past Willie McCovey into first place on the Giants' career list with 1,389. ... The Giants hadn't won seven straight since June 19-25, 2004. ... Wolf notched his 1,000th career strikeout against Todd Linden in the fifth. ... Broxton allowed his first run in his last 17 appearances.
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