Bonds approaches magic mark as Cubs beat Giants 9-8
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Barry Bonds closed to within two home runs of tying Hank Aaron's all-time career record in the San Francisco Giants' 9-8 loss to the Chicago Cubs in National League play on Thursday.
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Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez and Placido Polanco had three hits apiece to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday for their eighth win in 10 games.
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Barry Bonds homered for the third time in two days to help lead the San Francisco Giants to a 14-4 rout of the Montreal Expos in the second game of a doubleheader after losing the opener Wednesday.
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Barry Bonds hit one ball over the fence and another almost through it, yet the San Francisco Giants lost ground in the playoff races, falling to the Colorado Rockies 9-8 Wednesday night.
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The Giants outhit the Rockies, 16-5...Bonds is now one walk shy of the major league record of 198, which he set in 2002...San Francisco won the season series from Colorado, 11-8.
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Barry Bonds broke his major league record for walks in a season and rookie Noah Lowry allowed four hits in seven-plus innings Saturday night in the San Francisco Giants&#39; 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Corey Patterson hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to give the Cubs a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago's eighth victory in 11 games.
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Needing 1 more homer to join only Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth in baseball&#39;s version of the 700 Club, Bonds went 0-for-2 with 2 walks in the Giants&#39; 3-2 victory over the Brewers on Tuesday night at Miller Park.
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On a day Barry Bonds passed the Babe, home runs left Wrigley Field in record numbers. The Atlanta Braves hit a club-record eight homers, including two by Edgar Renteria in a 13-12 victory in 11 innings over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
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Barry Bonds hit his 699th home run, and the San Francisco Giants regained the wild-card lead with a 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday in Phoenix.
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Barry Bonds stepped to the plate in the ninth inning of a one-run game, homer No. 718 of the seven-time MVP&#039;s career still fresh in the minds of everybody in attendance. And J.J. Putz went right after him.
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Barry Bonds hit his 697th homer and drove in three runs, and Edgardo Alfonzo had five hits as the Giants pummeled the Arizona Diamondbacks, 18-7, last night in San Francisco.
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Edgardo Alfonzo hit a two-run homer off Randy Johnson in the sixth inning, and the Giants tied the Chicago Cubs atop the National League wild-card standings with a 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday in San Francisco.
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The San Francisco Giants snapped a seven-game road losing streak with a 9-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, claiming victory despite giving home-run record chaser Barry Bonds the day off.
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Rich Hill allowed five hits in eight strong innings and Matt Murton and Ryan Theriot homered Friday as the Chicago Cubs ended a six-game losing streak by beating the San Francisco Giants 6-2.
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Alfonso Soriano hit two of Chicago's four homers and had five RBIs as the Cubs continued their late-season power display, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 Saturday to solidify their lead in the NL Central.
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Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron's   record for most home runs in the National League as his San   Francisco Giants lost 10-8 to the Milwaukee Brewers on   Saturday.