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Bonds goes 0-3; Cards tie mark

A fan holds a sign supporting Barry Bonds Monday during the San Francisco Giants baseball game against Washington. Bonds couldn't come through with a home run and remains at 755 career homers.

Barry Bonds went 0-for-3 as he tried to break Hank Aaron's home run record. The St. Louis Cardinals, however, had a very successful night against David Wells and the San Diego Padres.

Bonds left San Francisco's game against Washington after seven innings, still tied with Aaron at 755 career homers. The Giants went on to beat the Nationals 3-2 in 11 innings on Monday night.

"We're going to see something that's never been done," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's intense. It's anticipation. Everybody's watching every pitch. You see the flashes going off. Only Barry knows what he's going through. I can only imagine."

In San Francisco, Bonds fouled out to third base in the first inning, walked in the third, grounded into a double play in the fifth and struck out in the seventh before leaving.

Randy Winn hit a bases-loaded single with one out in the 11th inning for the Giants. Ray King (1-1) was charged with the loss.

The Cardinals tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 10-5 victory over the Padres.

"That's momentum like I've never seen before," said Ryan Ludwick, who homered in the big fifth. "It's just an incredible inning."

Looper (9-9) opened the inning with a single to center and then with the Cardinals up 8-3 bunted for another hit. Miles followed Looper twice with singles, the latter driving in a run.

Brad Hawpe and Matt Holliday homered to lead Colorado over Milwaukee, which has lost 10 of 14 games but still leads the NL Central by one over Chicago.Prince Fielder hit his league-leading 33rd homer and Ryan Braun also connected for visiting Milwaukee.

Eric Munson hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to give Houston the victory.Chicago threatened in the 10th against Brad Lidge (3-1) when Jason Kendall led off with a single, took second on a sacrifice and advanced on a flyout. Lidge struck out Cliff Floyd.

Maicer Izturis and Jered Weaver combined to ruin Curt Schilling's return from the disabled list.Izturis hit a tiebreaking leadoff homer in the seventh inning, helping Los Angeles beat Boston in a matchup of division leaders.

Paul Byrd threw his first shutout in more than two years and Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland.Byrd (10-4) needed 99 pitches to complete the four-hitter, his first shutout since July 1, 2005, at Kansas City.

Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run sixth inning and Andy Pettitte won consecutive starts for the first time this season for New York.

At Arlington, Texas, Mike Piazza singled in the go-ahead run in the 13th inning and seven Oakland pitchers combined for 21 strikeouts.Marco Scutaro hit a grand slam in the first inning to help Oakland build a 7-0 lead. Texas tied it in the ninth on Michael Young's solo homer off Alan Embree.

Ryan Raburn hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run seventh for Detroit.The defending AL champions had lost five straight and 12 of 15 since they had baseball's best record on July 21.

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