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Bonds cracks No. 721

San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds follows through on his solo home run hit off of Philadelphia Phillies' Brett Myers in the sixth inning of their baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 16, 2006. The Phillies won 6-2. It was Bonds' 721st career home run. At left is Phillies' Mike Lieberthal.

SAN FRANCISCO — Brett Myers and Barry Bonds both had impressive days at the ballpark. Neither was in much of a position to enjoy it — not with the troubles still awaiting them off the field.

Myers allowed Bonds' 721st homer while pitching seven solid innings in his first start back from a leave of absence, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for four runs in the eighth inning of a 6-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

Myers (6-3) allowed five hits and struck out seven, looking sharp after sitting out nearly three weeks while facing assault charges for allegedly hitting his wife.

Bonds, who went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts, faces the imminent possibility of indictment from a federal grand jury on charges of perjury and tax evasion stemming from the BALCO probe.

They faced each other three times: Bonds flied out to the warning track and struck out before homering in the sixth inning.

Bonds hit his 13th homer of the season on a 3-2 pitch from Myers, who became the major league-record 427th pitcher to allow a homer to the San Francisco slugger. The solo shot barely reached the stands in left-center, and the ball was fumbled back onto the field.

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