Barry Bonds hit his 754th home run to move within one of Hank Aaron's career record as San Francisco beat Florida 12-10 on Friday.
Bonds hit a solo shot off rookie Rick Vanden Hurk in the first inning, his 20th homer of the season.
Bonds walked in his next four at-bats and was looking to keep up his pursuit last night against Dontrelle Willis of the Marlins.
The Giants tied a season high with four home runs, including Ray Durham's tiebreaking two-run shot off Renyel Pinto (2-4) in the sixth inning that gave them a 9-7 lead. Pedro Feliz and Bengie Molina hit back-to-back shots in the fifth off Vanden Hurk.
Cody Ross and Hanley Ramirez homered for Florida.
Vinnie Chulk (4-2) retired the final two batters of the sixth to earn the win.
Diamondbacks 8, Braves 7
At Phoenix, Tony Clark homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th for Arizona, which squandered a seven-run lead but still beat Atlanta.
Clark's homer followed a game-winning shot by Eric Byrnes on Thursday and was the Diamondbacks' fifth game-winner this season. Arizona has won seven straight to move within one game of Los Angeles in the NL West.
Edgar Gonzalez (4-2), the Diamondbacks' fifth pitcher, worked the 10th and 11th for the win.
Phillies 8, Pirates 1
At Philadelphia, Pat Burrell homered and had three RBIs and Jamie Moyer allowed one run in seven innings in Philadelphia's win over Pittsburgh.
The Phillies learned before the seven-inning victory that Chase Utley, their All-Star second baseman, could miss three-to-four weeks after undergoing surgery to have a pin placed in his broken right hand. Utley was hit by a pitch on Thursday.
Nationals 6, Mets 2
At New York, Washington's Ryan Church and Austin Kearns homered to back the pitching of former Met Mike Bacsik.
Bacsik (4-6) allowed eight hits over seven innings.
The Nationals bunched four doubles for three runs against Jorge Sosa (7-6) in the second inning. He has lost five of his last seven starts.
Moises Alou, in his first game since May 12, doubled for New York and went 1-for-4.
Padres 9, Astros 4
At Houston, Milton Bradley homered and Brian Giles had a season-high three RBIs for San Diego and Jake Peavy won for the first time since June 19.
Peavy (10-5) allowed one run and four hits and struck out eight for the Padres, who won for the second time in eight games. He is 5-0 with a 0.98 ERA on the road this year and his 2.41 season ERA remains second in the NL.
Woody Williams (5-12) went six innings and allowed four runs and eight hits as Houston's three-game winning streak ended.
Reds 5, Cubs 4
At Cincinnati, Edwin Encarnacion's ninth-inning RBI single gave Cincinnati the victory over Chicago.
The Cubs reached closer David Weathers (2-3) for five hits and two runs in the top of the ninth. Norris Hopper led off the bottom of the inning against Bobby Howry (5-6) with a single. After a sacrifice bunt, Encarnacion, who had homered in the fourth, singled between third base and shortstop for the winner.
Jeff Keppinger had a two-run double as the Reds improved to 4-1 on their current homestand.
Brewers 12, Cardinals 2
At St. Louis, Claudio Vargas worked eight innings for the first time in four seasons and was backed by Milwaukee's 19-hit attack to beat St. Louis.
Corey Hart homered, doubled and singled, Kevin Mench matched his career high with four hits and Tony Graffanino had three RBIs for the Brewers, who won for the third time in their last 11 road games.
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