Bonds Slams Two Homers At Wrigley
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CHICAGO — Barry Bonds hit his 752nd and 753rd home runs yesterday, ending his worst slump in six years with two of his biggest swings this month — and Hank Aaron’s record is only two away. He was rested and ready, all right.
Bonds sent the first pitch from Cubs starter Ted Lilly high over the right-field fence leading off the second inning — the first drive out of Wrigley Field to reach Sheffield Avenue all season. Then he homered again in the seventh on a 3–2 pitch from Will Ohman, a three-run shot that stuck in the basket of the center-field wall. Ohman became the 443rd pitcher to give up a home run to Bonds, who has 19 homers on the year.
It was his 71st multi-homer game, second behind Babe Ruth’s 72, and second this season.
Bonds’ first homer pulled the Giants within 4-1 and was San Francisco’s first hit off Lilly, who surrendered his third career homer to Bonds. The next homer got the Giants within 9-8 and gave Bonds six RBIs on the day, his most since driving in six runs Sept. 22 last year at Milwaukee. It was his seventh career game with at least six RBIs.
