Bonds belts No. 742, but it’s not enough
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Barry Bonds hit the 742nd home run of his career.
Scott Hairston hit his 14th, and it lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over Bonds and the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night at Phoenix.
Hairston, a pinch-hitter, hit reliever Vinnie Chulk’s first pitch 418 feet into the left-field seats with two runners on to give the Diamondbacks a 5-4 lead in the seventh inning.
Chulk (0-1) and Jack Taschner couldn’t protect a 4-1 lead for starter Matt Cain, who gave up one hit and one run in six innings.
Dustin Nippert (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings. Jose Valverde got his 10th save.
It was Bonds’ eighth home run of the season and his third against Edgar Gonzalez.
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Catcher Brian Peacock and pitcher Clint Everts, minor leaguers for the Washington Nationals, were hospitalized because of injuries from a benches-clearing brawl during a Class-A game between the Potomac Nationals and the Winston-Salem Warthogs.