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 ST. LOUIS (AP) - Barry Bonds hardly got a chance to move closer to Hank Aaron on Friday night. Playing in one of baseball's most tradition-rich cities, Bonds grounded out, drew three walks and watched his teammates produce in the San Francisco Giants' 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. He remained at 751 homers, four shy of matching Aaron's record.
Noah Lowry (9-6) struck out five in six innings to win his third straight start, and Ray Durham hit an RBI single. Cardinals center fielder So Taguchi did the rest — with a costly misplay that allowed three runs to score in the fifth and was still being debated afterward.
Bonds called it a night after a four-pitch walk from Troy Percival in the seventh, the slugger's 89th free pass of the season. Rookie Fred Lewis replaced him as a pinch-runner, then took Bonds' spot in left field in the bottom half.
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