Barry Bonds hit his 675th homer and capped a four-run 11th inning with an RBI single Saturday to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Baltimore Orioles 9-6 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
In the second game, Larry Bigbie singled in the winning run in the 12th to give the Orioles a 5-4 victory and a split.
"It drains you," Bonds said of the five walks. "All you can do is sit there and root for your teammates. They had chances, we had chances, and by the 12th everyone was delirious."
The Giants overcame two home runs in the first game by Rafael Palmeiro, who moved past Mickey Mantle into 11th place on the career list with 537.
It was only the third time in baseball history that two players with 500 homers connected in the same game. Willie Mays and Ernie Banks did it in 1970, and Mays and Aaron both homered on May 8, 1971.
"I've been playing with Raffy since college. We go a long way back," Bonds said. "He has a tendency to do that. When one guy hits a home run, Raffy hits two. He'll be in the Hall of Fame, for sure."
In the nightcap, Melvin Mora drew a one-out walk from Scott Eyre (0-1) in the 12th and Matt Herges entered to face Miguel Tejada, who was 0-for-10 for the day until he singled.
After Javy Lopez struck out and Palmeiro received an intentional walk to load the bases, Bigbie singled to center to win it.
John Parrish (5-2) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the Orioles, who avoided falling five games under .500 for the first time this season.
In the opener, A.J. Pierzynski led off the 11th with a homer off Jorge Julio (1-2). Marquis Grissom added a two-run single, and Bonds chased Julio with a single to left, foiling a shift to the right side by the Baltimore infield.
Matt Herges (2-2) got the win.
Yankees 3, Padres 2
In New York, Gary Sheffield put the Yankees ahead with a two-run single in the sixth inning, and Bret Prinz pitched out of a jam in the seventh to preserve New York's victory over San Diego.
Derek Jeter had three hits and Jon Lieber (5-3) worked out of trouble all afternoon for the Yankees, who improved to 9-2 on their 12-game homestand.
Sheffield's single to center off reliever Scott Linebrink gave New York a 3-2 lead and sent Padres starter Dennis Tankersley (0-3) to his eighth consecutive loss since his only major league win on May 26, 2002, at Milwaukee.
Dodgers 14, Red Sox 5
In Boston, Olmedo Saenz drove in four runs and hit one of Los Angeles' three homers in the Dodgers' first win at Boston's Fenway Park.
Trailing 2-1, Los Angeles scored four runs in the fourth then added seven in the fifth and two in the sixth. Saenz, Juan Encarnacion and Jayson Werth homered, and Cesar Izturis had four of his team's 15 hits.
Jeff Weaver (4-7) allowed five runs and five hits in five innings. Los Angeles relievers pitched four hitless innings, striking out 10 of 12 batters.
Tim Wakefield (4-5) allowed eight runs on 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Blue Jays 15, Diamondbacks 4
In Toronto, Roy Halladay (6-4) allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2-3 innings in his return from the disabled list, and Eric Hinske homered and drove in a career-high five runs to lead Toronto over Arizona.
Halladay, the AL Cy Young winner, missed two starts with a sore shoulder. He struck out five and walked one.
Hinske hit a three-run homer off Andrew Good (0-1) in the third and his two-run single in the fourth gave Toronto an 8-0 lead.
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