Griffey Ties Robinson With 586th Homer
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Cincinnati's Ken Griffey Jr. hits the 586th homer of his career in the fifth inning Friday, tying Hall of Famer and former Frank Robinson.
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Barry Bonds moved a step closer to catching Hank Aaron in the city where Hammerin' Hank tied Babe Ruth's previous home run mark.
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Ken Griffey Jr. passes Frank Robinson for sixth place on the career home run list in the Cincinnati Reds' 10-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.
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Lance Berkman hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth inning and Jeff Kent capped a five-run seventh with a grand slam as the Houston Astros extended their season-best winning streak to six games with a 9-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
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Chris Carpenter pitched a three-hitter to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the fourth time this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals also got a homer from Preston Wilson in a 3-1 victory Friday night.
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San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 748th career home run to move within seven of tying all-time leader Hank Aaron on Sunday.
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San Francisco Giants slugger  Barry Bonds hit his 750th career home run to move within five  of all-time leader Hank Aaron on Friday.
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Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season with 258, breaking George Sisler&#39;s 84-year-old mark with a pair of singles Friday night.
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Ken Griffey Jr. capped his Seattle homecoming with two home runs, passing Mark McGwire for seventh place on the career list in the Cincinnati Reds' 3-2 loss to the Mariners on Sunday.
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Barry Bonds preferred to play right through his slump. Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run drought Sunday, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning of a 6-4, 10-inning loss against Colorado to pull within nine of Hank Aaron's career record 755.
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Barry Bonds moved within two homers of Hank Aaron's record Thursday, hitting Nos. 752 and 753 with two of his biggest swings this month and ending his worst slump in six years.
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NL batting leader Freddy Sanchez matched a career high with four hits, Shawn Chacon outpitched Greg Maddux, and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the spoiler's role again Wednesday night, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4.
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Ken Griffey Jr. hit career homer No. 591 and drove in four runs Saturday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to their season-high fifth straight victory, 11-7 over the Florida Marlins.
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AARON: 755  BONDS: 747  WEDNESDAY: Struck out as pinch-hitter in ninth.  TODAY: Off day  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Chris Duffy hit his first two home runs of the season, including a tiebreaking shot in the ninth inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 7-5 on Thursday.
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San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds returned to the line-up against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday and belted a pair of home runs to move within two homers of tying Hank Aaron's career mark of 755 roundtrippers.
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Ronny Paulino hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and Jason Bay homered and drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.