National LeaugeBarry Bonds failed to tie the major league mark for consecutive games with a home run Wednesday, when his streak ended at seven games in the San Diego Padres' 11-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Jake Peavy (1-1) struck out Bonds in the second inning. Bonds also walked on four pitches twice. He wound up one short of the record for consecutive games with a home run -- shared by Dale Long (1956), Don Mattingly (1987) and Ken Griffey Jr. (1993).
Bonds was replaced in left field by Dustan Mohr in the eighth inning.
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Peavy pitched six strong innings, allowing four hits and striking out four. He also had two hits and an RBI. Jay Witasick and Jason Szuminski completed the Padres' first shutout of the year.
Brian Giles homered for the second straight game and drove in four runs. Mark Loretta hit a three-run homer, singled and scored two runs, and Terrence Long had three hits with a triple for the Padres, who pounded out a season-high 17 hits a night after getting 15.
Bonds, who turns 40 in July, homered in the previous seven games in which he had an at-bat. Bonds' next homer, No. 668, will be the 1,000th for the Bonds family. His late father, Bobby, hit 332 home runs and stole 461 bases in a 14-year career with the Giants, New York Yankees, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Texas, Cleveland, St. Louis and the Cubs.
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Marlins 8, Phillies 7
In Philadelphia, Mike Lowell became the first Florida player to hit three homers in a game as Marlins beat Philadelphia for the eighth successive time.
Florida won when Luis Castillo hit a sacrifice fly off Ryan Madsen (0-1). Justin Wayne (1-0) worked the final two innings for Florida.
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Lowell, 4-for-6 with four RBIs, led off the ninth inning with a game-tying homer off Billy Wagner, who blew his first save for the Phillies. Lowell also hit a solo shot off Eric Milton in the second and a two-run drive off Tim Worrell in the seventh.
Jim Thome and Ricky Ledee homered for the Phillies.
Expos 2, Mets 1
In New York, Livan Hernandez pitched into the eighth inning, and center fielder Brad Wilkerson made a key throw in Montreal's victory over the New York Mets.
The Expos scored twice in the fifth against Tom Glavine, helped by an error by Gold Glove center fielder Mike Cameron. Glavine (2-1) has allowed just three earned runs in 27 innings.
Down 2-1, the Mets threatened in the eighth when Karim Garcia doubled and Mike Piazza followed with a single. But Wilkerson made a strong throw to the plate and Garcia was tagged out as he barreled into catcher Brian Schneider.
Hernandez (1-2) allowed seven hits in 7 2-3 innings. Rocky Biddle pitched the ninth for his fourth save in as many chances.
Braves 9, Reds 5
In Cincinnati, Andruw Jones and Rafael Furcal homered in the 10th inning as Atlanta rallied to beat Cincinnati.
Marcus Giles tied the game with a two-out single in the ninth off Cincinnati closer Danny Graves. The Reds blew three leads in the late innings.
Jones led off the 10th against Brian Reith (0-1) with his homer, and Furcal added a three-run shot off Phil Norton.
Cincinnati's Sean Casey hit a solo homer in the sixth and a two-out, two-run shot off close friend and former teammate Chris Reitsma (1-0) that put the Reds ahead 5-4 in the eighth.
Cardinals 12, Astros 6
In Houston, Jim Edmonds hit a grand slam for one of five St. Louis home runs to beat Houston.
Reggie Sanders hit a three-run homer and Scott Rolen a two-run shot. Ray Lankford and Marlon Anderson also connected.
Matt Morris (3-1) held Houston to three runs and four hits in six innings with four strikeouts and no walks.
Tim Redding (0-3) allowed three homers in 3 2-3 innings. Mike Lamb and Jeff Bagwell homered for Houston.
Cubs 12, Pirates 1
In Pittsburgh, Corey Patterson had five hits as Chicago scored eight runs in the first inning to beat Pittsburgh.
Sergio Mitre (1-0) pitched six shutout innings for his first major league win, allowing four singles and striking out seven. Patterson went 5-for-6 with a first-inning double and an RBI, and Moises Alou and Derrek Lee had three RBIs each.
Josh Fogg (0-3) didn't retire any of the six batters he faced.
Brewers 10, Diamondbacks 6
In Milwaukee, Scott Podsednik chased Randy Johnson with a go-ahead triple in an eight-run Milwaukee seventh inning to down Arizona.
Danny Bautista's three-run homer in the top of the seventh put Arizona ahead 4-2. Keith Ginter opened the bottom half with a double and capped the inning with a two-run homer.
Johnson (1-2) dominated for six innings before being shelled in Arizona's fourth straight loss. Reliever Ben Ford (1-0) got his first major league win.
Dodgers 9, Rockies 4
In Denver, Paul Lo Duca drove in three runs, and Adrian Beltre homered and had two RBIs to lead Los Angeles past Colorado.
Lo Duca went 3-for-4. Beltre hit his second homer in two games and Dave Roberts went 3-for-3 with three stolen bases and three runs scored for the Dodgers, who had 13 hits.
Hideo Nomo (3-1) allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings, improving to 10-2 against Colorado. Scott Elarton (0-3) was tagged for five runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings.
American League
Tino Martinez and Rocco Baldelli homered to lead a rare Tampa Bay power surge Wednesday as the Devil Rays ended the Baltimore Orioles' five-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory.
Paul Abbott (2-1) allowed three runs on two hits in six innings. He was perfect through four innings, but walked two batters in the fifth before Jay Gibbons hit a three-run homer.
The Devil Rays ended a three-game skid in which they failed to get an extra-base hit. They got to Baltimore's Matt Riley (1-1) for seven runs, nine hits and five walks in 4 1-3 innings.
Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2
In Toronto, Doug Mirabelli homered twice, Tim Wakefield had another solid outing and Boston dealt Toronto its fifth straight defeat.
At 3-11, the Blue Jays are off to their worst start and are the first team to begin 0-8 at home since the 1992 Detroit Tigers.
Mirabelli had a solo shot off Ted Lilly (0-2) in the third inning and added a two-run shot in the fourth. Wakefield (2-0) allowed two runs on six hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Keith Foulke pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save in five tries.
Yankees 3, White Sox 1
In Chicago, Alex Rodriguez homered and Jorge Posada hit a tiebreaking shot in the seventh inning as New York beat Chicago.
Javier Vazquez (2-1) allowed five hits in eight innings -- retiring his final 10 batters.
Rodriguez's second homer tied it at 1-1 in the sixth. Posada's seventh homer, a two-run shot, made it 3-1.
Mariano Rivera worked a hitless ninth for his fifth save in five chances.
Gary Sheffield singled in the seventh off Jon Garland (1-1) before Posada homered to up his team-leading RBI total to 18.
Tigers 11, Twins 8
In Minneapolis, Ivan Rodriguez had four hits as Detroit ended Minnesota's six-game winning streak.
Craig Monroe had three hits and scored three runs, and Alex Sanchez drove in three runs for the Tigers.
Al Levine (2-0) won in relief. Ugueth Urbina got the final three outs for a save in his first chance with Detroit.
Brad Radke (2-1) lasted only two innings in his shortest start in nearly two years. Shannon Stewart homered for the Twins, and Lew Ford had had a two-run triple among three hits.
Rangers 4, Angels 1
In Anaheim, California, Michael Young hit a tiebreaking two-run triple and Texas rookie catcher Gerald Laird threw out three baserunners trying to steal second as the Rangers downed Anaheim.
R.A. Dickey (2-1) allowed a run and six hits over seven innings, struck out seven and walked one. He was bailed out twice on strikeout-caught stealing double plays.
Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
John Lackey (0-3) pitched 6 2-3 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits.
Athletics 7, Mariners 4
In Seattle, Jermaine Dye hit a two-run double in a three-run ninth inning to lead Oakland over Seattle.
The rally spoiled a dramatic comeback by the Mariners, who had won four straight games. Pinch-hitter Dave Hansen hit a three-run homer in the seventh to tie it at 4-all.
Tim Hudson (3-0) is 11-5 lifetime against Seattle, winning five of his last six. He allowed four runs on eight hits. Arthur Rhodes pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.
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