Friday, July 13, 2001
Bonds hits No. 40
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — Barry Bonds hit his 40th homer to end his longest homerless drought of the season, but the Seattle Mariners rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in the 11th inning Thursday night.
Bonds, who had gone 13 games and 44 at-bats without a homer, hit his 534th career home run to tie Jimmie Foxx for 10th place on the career list.
Bonds' homer was a 429-foot shot to right-center in the first inning off Paul Abbott. No. 40 came in the Giants' 89th game. Mark McGwire hit his 40th homer in St. Louis' 90th game in 1998, when he hit a record 70.
The Mariners rallied from 3-2 down in the ninth inning when David Bell hit his 10th homer with one out off Robb Nen.
Seattle won it in the 11th. Mike Cameron walked with one out off Brian Boehringer (0-2) and stole his 19th base. With two outs, Tom Lampkin singled up the middle off Chad Zerbe and Cameron beat Ramon Martinez's throw to the plate.
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