Bond hit a four, sending the game into a bowl off.

Bonds can hit; he has long been one of the best hitters in the game.

Since 1999, the season he turned 35, Bonds has hit a staggering 239 home runs.

Bonds could hit a million home runs and still never measure up.

And when Bonds hits his 715th, he will also move up on the career list.

Starting with the season in which he turned 37 and continuing through age 40, Bonds hit 209 home runs.

Bonds played in 130 games last season and hit his 22nd on Sept. 4.

But Bonds had hit a home run, so that was the appealing story.

Bonds, who will be 40 in July, hit 45 home runs last season.

Bonds has hit only two home runs since May 8.