Bonds Wins It With Home Run

Barry Bonds hit a two-run walkoff homer with two out in the ninth inning to lead the San Francisco Giants to their season-best seventh consecutive victory, a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Bonds connected for his 13th homer of the season and No. 671 of his career on a 3-and-2 pitch from Tim Harikkala. It came after Shawn Chacon blew his second save in two nights when he gave up a two-run single to Marquis Grissom in the ninth that tied the score. Chacon (0-2) has given up 10 runs in his last five appearances.

It was Bonds’ 10th walkoff homer and first since last Aug. 10 against Atlanta. He has homered three times in his last four games.

Shawn Estes appeared set to pick up the win against his former team in his first game in San Francisco since being traded by the Giants in December 2001. He gave up five hits, struck out six -- four looking -- and walked four in 5 1/3 innings.

Bonds, who had three hits in five at-bats, came up with runners on first and second with two out in the seventh. He lined to short.

St. Louis 2, Houston 1 -- Ray Lankford scored on Octavio Dotel’s balk in the 10th inning at Houston. Dotel (0-3) walked Lankford to start the inning, and Scott Rolen singled to send him to third.

With Jim Edmonds at the plate, Dotel feigned a pitch and third-base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ruled it was a balk, allowing Lankford to score.

Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2 -- Tomas Perez tied the score with an RBI double in the eighth inning and won it with a homer in the bottom of the 10th. Perez, starting at first base in place of the injured Jim Thome, hit a 2-and-1 fastball off Antonio Alfonseca (5-1) into the seats in right-center.

With the Braves leading, 2-1, in the eighth, Chase Utley singled off Chris Reitsma with one out to extend his hitting streak to 11 games and Perez followed with a double down the right-field line, driving in Utley.

The Braves lost three players to injuries. They scratched first baseman Julio Franco minutes before the game due to back problems, then lost outfielder Chipper Jones and Franco’s replacement, Adam LaRoche, in the first two innings.

Jones was hit above the left knee with a pitch in the first inning. LaRoche was injured an inning later in a collision with catcher Mike Lieberthal.

Cincinnati 7, Montreal 6 -- Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 493rd homer, Sean Casey had four hits and three RBIs and the Reds held on at Montreal.

Griffey hit a two-run shot off Claudio Vargas (4-2) following Casey’s RBI double in the fifth to tie Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig for 20th on the all-time list.

Florida 2, New York 1 -- At Miami, Dontrelle Willis gave up four hits and one run in seven innings to win for only the second time in his last six starts. The Marlins beat the Mets for the ninth time in their last 11 meetings, and Willis (5-3) beat them for the fourth time in as many starts.

San Diego 5, Milwaukee 3 -- Mark Loretta hit a go-ahead, RBI single in the seventh inning, and Brian Lawrence (7-3) yielded two runs -- one earned -- four hits and didn’t walk a batter to lead the Padres at Milwaukee.