Glavine wins 294th; Bonds hits 745th
Tom Glavine moved a victory closer to 300 and allowed Barry Bonds to close in on Hank Aaron.
Glavine won his 294th game -- despite giving up Bonds’ 745th home run -- and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, Tuesday night.
Jose Reyes doubled and tripled in his first two at-bats for the Mets, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.
Bonds moved within 10 homers of Aaron’s record 755, connecting on the first pitch from Glavine for a solo shot over the center-field wall with one out in the fourth inning. Bonds’ 11th homer cut the Giants’ deficit to 4-1.
It was Bonds’ fourth homer against Glavine and the first in 10 years since an inside-the-park homer April 23, 1997, at Candlestick Park when Glavine was with the Atlanta Braves.
Bonds, 42, homered on May 8 for the first time in his career, leaving Aug. 5 and Sept. 30 as the only days in the regular season in which he has not hit a home run.
Glavine (4-1) ended a stretch of three consecutive no-decisions with his first victory since winning at Philadelphia on April 17, giving up one run, seven hits and only his second walk in four starts.
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