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.
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"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.
Vernon Wells hit a three-run homer and got four hits.
Royals 4, Mets 3
In Kansas City, Missouri, Angel Berroa's RBI single scored the winning run from second base with one out in the ninth inning, lifting Kansas City past the New York Mets.
Right fielder Gerald Williams made a strong throw to the plate but pinch-runner Wilton Guerrero was safe when catcher Vance Wilson had trouble handling the throw and tagged Guerrero with his glove, but the ball was still in his other hand.
Joe Randa, who had two doubles, singled leading off the ninth against David Weathers (5-3). Guerrero advanced to second on a sacrifice.
Jeremy Affeldt (2-3), who had converted nine straight save opportunities, inherited a 3-2 lead in the ninth but gave up a one-out single to Mike Cameron before Todd Zeile's pinch-hit double tied it 3-all.
Athletics 12, Pirates 11
In Oakland, California, Jermaine Dye singled with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to complete a wild comeback for Oakland's victory over Pittsburgh.
Marco Scutaro doubled to lead off the ninth, and after Mark Corey (0-1) got Eric Byrnes to fly out, Mark McLemore and Mark Kotsay were walked intentionally ahead of Dye.
Erubiel Durazo drove in three runs and Byrnes hit two homers as the A's scored five times in the eighth inning. Bobby Crosby had two RBI doubles.
Ruben Mateo had two homers, including his first career grand slam, and Jason Bay collected three hits and drove in two runs.
Devil Rays 10, Rockies 7
In St. Petersburg, Florida, Toby Hall and Tino Martinez hit consecutive homers in the seventh inning, leading Tampa Bay over Colorado.
Hall gave the Devil Rays an 8-7 lead with a two-run shot off Tim Harikkala (1-1), and Martinez followed with his 310th career homer.
John Halama (2-1) earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief for the Devil Rays, who equaled their best record after 59 games at 25-34.
Matt Holliday hit his first career grand slam during Colorado's six-run sixth inning that put the Rockies up 7-5. Colorado has lost seven straight, and 19 of 23.
White Sox 10, Braves 8
In Chicago, Frank Thomas homered twice and Carlos Lee extended his career-best hitting streak to 26 games in the Chicago White Sox's win over Atlanta.
Lee went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Juan Uribe had a three-run double for the White Sox, who had lost six of eight.
Esteban Loaiza (7-3) was hit hard but stayed in the game long enough to earn the win. Shingo Takatsu pitched the ninth to get his first major league save. He is the all-time Japanese saves leader with 260.
John Thomson (5-4) allowed seven runs -- six earned -- on 10 hits in five innings for Atlanta.
Rangers 7, Cardinals 2
In Arlington, Texas, Hank Blalock hit his second career grand slam and drove in five runs, and Ryan Drese pitched seven strong innings in Texas' victory over the St. Louis.
Drese (3-3) won for the first time since beating Tampa Bay on May 5. He allowed two runs -- one earned -- and four hits.
Blalock had an RBI single in the third inning and his grand slam off St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter (7-2) in the fourth gave Texas a 7-0 lead. It was Blalock's 14th homer of the season.
Albert Pujols was St. Louis' designated hitter for the second consecutive game since missing four games with a strained hamstring. He was 0-for-4, and is 1-for-9 the past two games.
Cubs 10, Angels 5
In Anaheim, California, Todd Walker homered and drove in three runs, and Todd Hollandsworth and Aramis Ramirez also hit home runs as Chicago slugged its way past Anaheim.
Glendon Rusch (3-1) allowed two runs and six hits in five innings in his sixth start since replacing the injured Kerry Wood in the Cubs' rotation. He struck out six and walked none.
LaTroy Hawkins, in his first save opportunity since Joe Borowski went on the disabled list last Sunday, retired all four batters he faced for his fifth save in seven chances. Bartolo Colon (4-5) was charged with six runs and nine hits in six innings, and was booed off the mound following Chicago's three-run fifth.
Mariners 3, Expos 0
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Seattle manager Bob Melvin moved Ichiro Suzuki from the leadoff spot to No. 3 in the lineup.
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