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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Barry Bonds' long day began in a Los
Angeles courtroom, where his lawyer asked a judge to uphold a 1988
prenuptial agreement that was being contested by the slugger's
ex-wife.
It ended with an 11th-inning home run that lifted the San
Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim Angels on Monday
night.
"I've been up since 6 o'clock this morning," Bonds said. "It
was a long, long, long day, man.
|  | | Why is Giants manager Dusty Baker so happy? Because of Barry Bonds' 24 homers, 15 have tied games or given the Giants a lead. |
"I battled traffic to L.A., saw the Supreme Court about my
divorce, came back to the hotel, tried to go to sleep -- and the
whole world wanted to call me on the phone. So the best thing for
me to do was turn my phone off and come here early."
With two outs in the 11th, Bonds hit his major league-leading
24th homer off Shigetoshi Hasegawa (4-1). It barely made it into
the first row of seats above the 18-foot high wall in right-center
field.
"It just stayed up there too long, and then I thought, I don't
know," Bonds said. "It would have been a long single."
Bonds' 24 homers match the most he's ever had before the
All-Star break. Fifteen of them have either tied the game or given
San Francisco the lead.
"In certain situations, that's what you've got to try to do,"
Bonds said. "I didn't want to play 13 or 14 innings, so I've got
to give it a shot. Sometimes you miss, and sometimes you get lucky.
"If I had to bet how many times I went up there and tried to
hit one out, I've probably missed more than I've ever been
consistent at it."
Angels manager Mike Scioscia playfully told Bonds during batting
practice that he wasn't going to get anything good to hit. But
Scioscia didn't count on the 1-0 splitter that Hasegawa threw Bonds
following a few words with pitching coach Bud Black.
"We just wanted to make sure we were on the same page with what
we were trying to do with Bonds there," Scioscia said. "But he
got that splitter up in the zone, and that's all it took."
Bonds' 13th homer in his last 17 games helped the Giants
overcome a blown save by Robb Nen, who couldn't hold a 4-2 lead in
the ninth.
Aaron Fultz (2-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the victory.
Nen allowed a two-out RBI single to Mo Vaughn. Tim Salmon
followed with a bouncer that went off the left leg of Nen for an
infield hit, and the pitcher threw the ball into right for an error
that allowed pinch-runner Orlando Palmeiro to score from first with
the tying run.
Nen, who has three blown saves in 12 chances, pounded a fist
into the grass in front of the mound after the play. With two on,
he struck out Troy Glaus, sending the game into extra innings.
San Francisco is 8-3 against the Angels in interleague play.
Anaheim's Scott Schoeneweis allowed four runs and seven hits in
6 2/3 innings.
Livan Hernandez, winless in 10 road starts since last Aug. 21 at
Milwaukee, gave up two runs and seven hits in seven-plus innings,
leaving with a 4-2 lead.
Jeff Kent hit an RBI double in the first, and the Giants made it
4-0 in the second on Bobby Estalella's RBI double, Calvin Murray's
run-scoring groundout and Bill Mueller's RBI single.
Anaheim scored in the bottom half on Scott Spiezio's RBI
grounder. Kevin Stocker hit a run-scoring double in the seventh.
Game notes
The victory was Dusty Baker's 585th as Giants manager,
moving him within one of Roger Craig for the most since the team
moved to San Francisco in 1958. ... Darrell Miller, the former
Angels catcher and now the team's director of player development,
won't be attending Wednesday's and Friday's games. He'll be about
35 miles up the freeway at Staples Center watching his brother,
Indiana's Reggie Miller, play the Lakers in the NBA Finals. ...
Schoeneweis, whose failure to allow a bunt by Baltimore's Jeff
Conine to roll foul on May 17 resulted in a hit, apparently learned
his lesson. In the third, he patiently waited until a bunt by Ramon
Martinez went foul, then struck him out on the next pitch. ...
Estalella picked Adam Kennedy off second in the second. He has 24
RBI in his last 23 starts behind the plate.
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