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Jun 26, 2006 11:19 am US/Pacific

Bonds Hits 719th HR, Ending Power Outage

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Barry Bonds trails Hank Aaron by 36 homers.
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Barry Bonds hit his 719th homer on Saturday, a two-run shot to right-center in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' game against the Oakland Athletics.

Barry Bonds Home Run Tracker

Bonds hadn't homered since June 16 in Seattle, going 18 at-bats between shots. He was hitless in his previous three games, part of a 1-for-9 slump to start the Giants' homestand.

Bonds originally wasn't in the Giants' starting lineup after stealing his first base in nearly two years during Friday night's game. Bonds left the game, apparently with sore legs, after stealing second base in the eighth inning.

But after manager Felipe Alou said Bonds "demanded" to play, Bonds hit a 3-0 pitch from Dan Haren more than 400 feet, scoring Mark Sweeney.

Haren became the 425th pitcher to allow a homer to Bonds, extending the slugger's major league record. The A's also yielded Bonds' 714th career homer in the first leg of the Bay Bridge Series last month.

Bonds is 36 home runs behind Hank Aaron's major league record.