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 BOSTON (AP) - Barry Bonds is 742 homers ahead of Dustin Pedroia on the all-time list, but the diminutive Red Sox rookie can make a claim that the would-be home run king can't: He's homered at Fenway Park.
Playing for the first time in Babe Ruth's first major-league ballpark, Bonds went 1-for-3 and failed to gain ground on Hank Aaron despite a long fly ball that was inches foul of being No. 748. Pedroia left no doubt with his liner over the Green Monster, one of a career-high five hits to help Boston beat the San Francisco Giants 10-2 on Friday night.
"He's looking for some home runs. He's looking to break the record," said Red Sox starter Julian Tavarez, who gave a mini-Carlton Fisk wave at Bonds' shot in an attempt to nudge it foul. "When he hit that ball away, I was telling it, 'Go foul! Go foul!' I got a lot of help from the fans."
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