Bonds Ties Killebrew; Giants Win

Barry Bonds hit his 573rd home run, tying Harmon Killebrew for sixth place on the career list, and the San Francisco Giants beat Milwaukee, 5-1, Friday night at San Francisco as the Brewers lost their sixth straight.

Bonds hit his major league-leading sixth home run of the season, a three-run shot off Ben Sheets (1-2) in the third inning.

Bonds nearly connected again in the seventh, but his long drive hooked foul and landed in the water beyond the right-field wall at Pacific Bell Park.

Kurt Ainsworth (1-0), Sheets’ teammate on the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the 2000 Olympics, earned his first major league victory. He gave up one run and four hits over seven innings.

Sheets walked David Bell with one out in the first. The young right-hander appeared a bit nervous facing Bonds, throwing his first pitch behind the single-season home run leader.

Sheets went on to intentionally walk Bonds before giving up an RBI single to Jeff Kent. It was Bonds’ 1,735th career walk, moving him ahead of Mickey Mantle for sixth place.

The Brewers tied it in the second. Alex Ochoa reached on shortstop Ramon Martinez’s throwing error and scored two outs later when Jose Hernandez’s high fly to deep right field was lost in the lights by Reggie Sanders and fell for a triple.

There was an unusual call before Bonds’ homer in the third.

Tsuyoshi Shinjo singled and Bell hit a grounder to Eric Young for a potential double play. Second-base umpire Rick Reed called Shinjo out, but Young’s throw was too late to catch Bell.

Giant Manager Dusty Baker argued that Young never tagged Shinjo. On the replay, Young appeared to brush Shinjo with his glove while the ball was in his other hand. Reed and third-base umpire Tim Tschida huddled and the call was reversed.

Bonds then homered for a 4-1 lead.

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*--* Home Run Leaders Baseball’s top 10 all-time home run hitters: 1. Hank Aaron 755 2. Babe Ruth 714 3. Willie Mays 660 4. Frank Robinson 586 5. Mark McGwire 583 6. Barry Bonds 573 6. Harmon Killebrew 573 8. Reggie Jackson 563 9. Mike Schmidt 548 10. Mickey Mantle 536

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