San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his first home run in 13 games, blasting No. 747 of his career to move within nine of becoming baseball's home run king.
After homering only once since May 8, Bonds hit his 13th home run of the season off Toronto starter Josh Towers and Matt Morris pitched his 23rd career complete game as the Giants edged the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Monday.
The 42-year-old Bonds, who climbed within eight homers of tying Hank Aaron's all-time mark of 755, had not homered since May 27 against the Colorado Rockies.
The blast came off Towers, who became the 440th different pitcher to surrender a homer to the seven-time National League MVP.
Morris (7-3) was excellent, allowing three runs, seven hits and a walk in going the distance for the third time in 2007.
The veteran righthander is now 16-5 lifetime in interleague games.
With the Giants trailing 3-1 in the fourth, Ryan Klesko reached base on an infield single to second. Bonds followed with a two-run blast to right center.
Phillies 3, White Sox 0
Adam Eaton pitched four-hit ball for seven innings and Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell and Jimmy Rollins homered to power the Philadelphia Phillies over the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Monday.
Eaton (7-4) pitched out of a pair of jams, made a nifty defensive play to help his cause and won for the fourth time in five starts.
Cubs 2, Astros 1
Carlos Zambrano mixed his pitches instead of his punches and hit his second homer of the season to lead Chicago past Houston.
In his first appearance at Wrigley Field since his June 1 fight with catcher Michael Barrett, Zambrano (7-5) allowed three hits and an unearned run in eight strong innings. He struck out eight and threw 128 pitches while outdueling hard-luck loser Woody Williams (2-9).
Mariners 8, Indians 7
Raul Ibanez hit a pair of homers and doubled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to lead visiting Seattle over Cleveland for its fourth straight victory.
Ibanez also tripled and finished a single shy of the cycle. Jose Lopez hit a two-run homer off Indians starter Paul Byrd. Brandon Morrow (3-0) got the win.
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