Bonds nearly hits HR 751, SF wins

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07/01/2007 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bengie Molina went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs, and Barry Bonds nearly hit homer No. 751 as San Francisco beat Arizona, 4-1, in the middle contest of three at AT&T Park.

Noah Lowry (8-6) allowed five hits and one run over 6 2/3 innings, fanning eight and walking three.

Kevin Frandsen added a run-scoring single for the Giants, who snapped a three- game slide.

Bonds, who came within five homers of Hank Aaron's record on Friday, went 1-for-1 with three walks, an RBI double and scored twice. The double was his 376th in a Giants uniform, tying him with Willie Mays for most in San Francisco history.

Bonds narrowly missed hitting a homer in the fifth, pounding a ball high off the bricks in right-center, but settled for the RBI double which made it 3-1, as the hit scored Ray Durham. Molina singled, then Frandsen's base hit scored Bonds for a 4-1 game.

Doug Davis (5-9) was tagged for four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 frames, with four strikeouts and a season-high six walks for the D-Backs, who have dropped four of six. Orlando Hudson finished 2-for-4 and drove in the lone run.

Lowry ran into trouble in the first, as the D-Backs took the lead on Hudson's RBI single.

In the home half, Durham lifted a two-out double to left, Bonds walked, then Molina drilled a ball off the base of the wall in left to score both men to put the Giants ahead.

Lowry and three relievers kept the D-Backs off the board from there, and Brad Hennessey pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

Game Notes

Arizona has posted a winning June (14-13) for the first time since 2003 (20-6)...Giants first baseman Ryan Klesko did not start due to an abdominal strain...Willie McCovey hit his 500th career home run (as a Giant) against the Braves' Jamie Easterly on June 30, 1978 in Atlanta...Hudson extended his hit streak to eight games...Lowry is 7-1 at home this season and 6-1 lifetime against Arizona...There were only 15 hits combined in the game, eight by the Giants...Attendance was 43,515.

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