Last night the Giants beat the Cardinals 6 to 5 in 12 innings. The 12th inning hero was Rich Aurilia who knocked in the winning run in the 12th inning with mighty Barry on deck.

Bonds hit #738 in the 8th inning to tie the game 5 to 5. It was an absolutely towering shot that splashed into McCovey Cove. It was his first "splash" home run of this season. He is now 17 behind Hank Aaron for the all time home run record.

Bonds season stats: .306 AVG, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .458 OBP, .694 SLG (1.152 OPS which is best in the NL)

Look at those numbers and then remember that this man is 42 years old. Absolutely incredible. Sure it's still early but if he can finish the season with numbers in that range certainly there would have to be new words created to describe his greatness.

Luckily for the Giants, Bonds is not the only hot hitter, Rich Aurilia has been having a great season and last night's game winning hit is just another example of what he can do with the bat. Aurilia is 8th in the NL currently with a .353 batting average.

For the Cards, Albert Pujols showed signs of awakening from his early season slumber. He came into this game with a .160 batting average. He's now up to .200 after going 3 for 5 including his 4th home run of the season.

They play again this afternoon. Unfortunately for the Giants and their fans it's unlikely that Bonds will start today because of it being a day game after a night game, especially since last night's game went so late. Bonds has only sat out 1 game so far this year.

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