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HOUSTON (AP) -- Barry Bonds is glad the Houston Astros have a new home.
|  | | Barry Bonds hit No. 27 in the third inning, keeping pace with Mark McGwire atop the major leagues. |
The home run onslaught continued Friday night at Enron Field,
and Bonds chipped in with his 27th of the season as the San
Francisco Giants beat Houston 10-3.
Bonds' third inning homer tied him with St. Louis' Mark McGwire
for the major-league lead.
Marvin Benard and Bobby Estalella added homers for the Giants,
and Chris Truby had one for the Astros, increasing the homer total
in just 35 games at Enron to 120, two more than were hit last year
at the Astrodome.
"The ball I hit to right wouldn't have gone out of any other
ballpark in baseball," Bonds said. "I'll take this ballpark over
the Astrodome any time. I just can't believe Bagwell's not leading
the league in home runs."
Benard went 4-for-6, including his two-run homer.
"The ball jumps out of here like it does in Arizona and
Colorado," Benard said. "It's hard to tell if (my home run) was a
legitimate home run.
"Any ball you hit decent will go over the fence here."
Manager Dusty Baker said a lot of it had to do with Benard's big
night.
"When you have a guy like Marvin doing what he did it's hard
not to score some runs," Baker said. "He did a lot of damage at
the top of the order."
Astros pitcher Jose Lima (1-11) lost his 11th straight game and
gave up two home runs, increasing his league lead for home runs
allowed to 24.
"He has pitched some good games lately but he went back to his
old problem tonight," manager Larry Dierker said of Lima, who tied
the Astros' record for consecutive losses, set by Dick Drott from
May 26 to Sept. 4, 1963. "He was leaving pitches up and over the
plate.
"He did that in the Astrodome and it hurt him but it'll kill
him here."
Livan Hernandez (6-6), who beat Houston for the second time in
six days, scattered nine hits in eight innings, allowing two runs.
J.T. Snow's bases-loaded walk put San Francisco ahead in the
first, and Bonds connected in the third. It was the first homer off
Lima in 22 1/3 innings.
Benard hit a two-run homer in the fourth, but Glen Barker's RBI
grounder made it 4-1 in the fifth.
Estalella homered in a three-run sixth that also included Ellis
Burks' two-run single.
Game notes
Craig Biggio's single in the third inning tied the club
record for career hits with 1,937. His next hit will surpass Jose
Cruz's career total, set from 1975-87. ... Biggio left in the
eighth with a bruised right shin after colliding with Lance Berkman
on a pop fly. It was ruled a two-base error by Berkman. Biggio went
to Methodist Hospital for precautionary X-rays. ... Estalella's
eighth home run tied his career high, set in 1998 with the
Phillies. ... Bonds left after the sixth with mild cramping in his
right hamstring.
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Cleveland 6
Toronto 5
Boston 4
Chi. White Sox 4
NY Yankees 3
Tampa Bay 7
Texas 4
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Minnesota 3
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Seattle 8
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Florida 6
Chicago Cubs 1
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NY Mets 12
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San Diego 10
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Atlanta 3
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San Francisco 10
Houston 3
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Colorado 0
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