Bonds Holds at 599 in Giants’ Victory

Barry Bonds must wait at least another day for his 600th homer. Instead, Jeff Kent took all the bows at Pacific Bell Park.

Kent hit an early two-run homer, then slid home with the winning run on Benito Santiago’s infield single in the 10th inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory.

One night after hitting his 599th homer, Bonds went one for three with a double and an eighth-inning walk.

Montreal 4, St. Louis 1--Vladimir Guerrero hit his 29th home run at St. Louis and the Expos sent the Cardinals to their seventh consecutive defeat.

Guerrero needs one homer to become the fifth player to hit 200 before his 27th birthday, which will be Feb. 9.

Tomo Ohka (9-6) gave up six hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Houston 7, Florida 2--Roy Oswalt (13-6) gave up three hits in eight innings and Jeff Bagwell homered and doubled to lead the Astros at Houston.

Daryle Ward and Geoff Blum each drove in two runs to help Houston win its fourth in a row and 12th of 15.

Milwaukee 6, New York 2--Glendon Rusch stymied his former teammates and drove in two runs at Milwaukee.

Rusch (6-11) gave up six hits in six shutout innings to win for the first time since June 25 at St. Louis. He beat Jeff D’Amico (5-10), who gave up six runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Colorado 7, Cincinnati 2--Todd Helton hit a grand slam and Larry Walker hit a three-run homer at Denver.

Jason Jennings (12-5) gave up five hits in eight innings and tied the team record for most victories by a rookie pitcher, which had been set by Armando Reynoso in 1993.

San Diego 5, Philadelphia 2--Jake Peavy pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and Ryan Klesko homered and drove in three runs at San Diego.

Peavy (3-4) retired 11 consecutive batters at one point in the game.