European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes Page 45 there Are and there Are walk offs Bonds escorts invading fan off the cubs astros Loretta hit winners the associated press the fans in san Francisco went wild when Barry Bonds hit 750 on Friday in Mark Lorettas teammates swarmed the plate for a second straight night after he hit and Chica go ran its win Ning Streak to seven games on Aramis Ramirez two run shot in the Bot Tom of the Bonds moved within five of tying Hank Aarons an in Ning after getting a startling hug from a fan in a loss to Miguel Montero hit a Solo Homer off Brad Hennessey 13 in the 10th for the Diamond backs and san Francisco lost its third the astros hit a Walkoff Homer for the second straight night off Colorado closer Brian Fuentes in a 98 everybody in that clubhouse knows Hes going to get a lot of at Tention reaching this As he giants Manger Bruce Bochy its going to be a big moment in right were All embarrassed with where were How were things that Are happen ing on the the 42yearold Bonds led off the eighth with a Solo shot off backs starter Livan Hernandez to tie it the Home run came an inning after a fan gave everybody a scare when he hopped the Fence and ran out to Bonds in left the seven time no map calmly greeted the Man and walked him off and into the custody of Security Ben a fan left ran onto the Field in the seventh inning Friday intent on shaking hands with Barry the giants left fielder calmly greeted the then escorted him off the Field to waiting Security he just wanted to shake my Bonds told while quickly leaving the Ball i told him to come with me so he didst get into any More the giants said the in the custody of san Francisco would face charges of Public drunkenness and interfering with a sporting my first feeling was said Center fielder Dave who began to move toward Barry handled it like a in glad the situation was Dif astros Rockies 8 it was the fourth blown save in eight Days for and the Rockies have lost eight with two Fuentes 04 walked Carlos who hit a grand slam in the Lith to beat Fuentes on thursday Loretta hitting a Ball out to left for his second Home run of the its hard to imagine things get Ting much worse for who had 20 saves in 22 chances and a Era on june 21 but is 04 with a allowing 11 runs in 2va innings since manager Clint hurdle said giving Fuentes a break from closing was a but he still had the support of his Hes my Ive got com plete Faith in first baseman Todd Helton Hes the Clos its a Tough that Why you pick a Guy with the right Atti tude who Able to Bounce Back and i know he cubs Brewers 5 Ramirez two out Homer capped a three run ninth inning rally against Milwaukee closer fran Cisco Cordero Alfonso Soriano went to third on Mike Fontenote single and scored on Derrek Lees Sacri fice Ramirez then homered into the bleachers in mets Phillies 52 Carlos Beltran homered twice and John Maine 94 allowed two runs and four hits in eight plus helping visiting new York com plete a sweep of a Daylight Dou in the Orlando Hernandez 43 gave up two runs and three pirates nationals 2 Jose Bautista second sacrifice Fly of the game drove in the Winnin run in the ninth As Host Pitts Burgh rallied from two runs Down to beat slumping the nationals have been limited to five runs while losing four in a they have dropped five of six and 10 of cardinals reds 2 Juan in carnations tie breaking single in the eighth helped visiting Louis rally past giving reliever Troy Percival a triumphant return to the the 37yearold Percival pitched a perfect seventh inning and earned his first Victory since april braves marlins 3 Chuck James held Florida to a run and four hits and had two hits of his own for visiting which won its fourth James 77 went innings and struck out five to win for the second time in three padres dodgers 6 Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff three run Homer broke a tie in visiting Diego six run fourth Chris Young 83 allowed two runs and seven struck put nine and walked one in winning his fourth straight Tat Guy the associated press Baltimore Aubrey Huff had a memorable game with four swings of the Howie Ken Crick spoiled it All with just Huff hit for the but the Angeles Angels got a tiebreak ing two run Homer from Kendrick in the ninth to beat the Baltimore orioles 97 Fri Day Kendrick connected off Chris Ray 46 with two helping end a three game losing Streak for los which blew a five run Lead and trailed 75 in the Scot Shields 22 got the final two outs in the eighth and fran Cisco Rodriguez worked the ninth for his 23rd we were fortunate those Guys outplayed us a lot of Angels manager Mike Sci Oscia with the night Huff we were Lucky to have recovered a Huff tripled in the Dou bled in the fourth and hit a three run Homer in the an As a 235pound fat you get a triple out of the that Huff after i got the it kind of snuck in my but i Haven been hit Ting homers so in think ing that going to be a Long and i hit Huff before Corning to the plate in the teammate Kevin Mill a told youve got to get that single for All the fat Guys out right hander Chris Bootcheck jammed but his Blooper fell for a base he left for a Pinch runner after going 4for4 with three obviously it would have been better if we Huff but we didst get it Huff is the third Oriole to hit for the the first since Cal Ripken in Brooks Robin son was the in red sox rangers 1 at bos Manny Delcarmen and Jonathan Papelbon escaped late inning jams to preserve the Victory for Tim Wakefield Kenny Lofton had four hits and stole four but was left stranded As the tying run in the ninth when Papelbon struck out Michael Young for his 19th Jamey Wright 12 left with no body out in the allowing two runs and six Yankees athletics 1 at new Mike Mussina 45 pitched seven innings and Alex Rodriguez had three hits As new York won for the first time in a Joe Kennedy 26 allowed seven struck out five and walked one in six Hes wingless in four starts since beating Boston on june indians Devil rays 1 at Ben Francisco led off the Bottom of the ninth with his first major league making a Winner of reliever Joe Borowski the Homer off Shawn Camp on a 22 landed in the Loftfield who was making the first Start of his also got his first major league a single in the twins tigers 1 at Joe Mauer hit his first career grand slam and Johan Santana 96 allowed five hits Over six innings to beat tigers Ace Justin Verlander the anticipated pitching Duel Between Santana and Verlander didst Verlander gave up two runs in the first and Mauer broke the game open with his grand slam in the royals White sox 1 at Kan Sas Shane Costa and Esteban German drove in two runs apiece and Brian Bannister 54 pitched six innings As Kansas City won its fifth its Long est winning Streak in two Jose Contreras 59 took his fifth loss in his past six decisions As the White sox saw their sea Sonbert fou game winning Streak mariners Blue jays 3 at be Jose Guillen had hits in his first three a bats and Seattle scored All of its runs with two outs As the surging mariners won their sixth straight Jarrod Washburn 76 pitched six innings As the mariners improved to the first time Treyve been 10 games above since the end of the 2003 Gail Aubrey Huff smiles As Hes congratulated by first base coach Sam Mejias after hitting for the Cycle in Friday nights game against the los Angeles Putz got out of a Jam in the eighth and finished off the ninth for his 23rd Dustin Mcgowan 44 was pulled after the giving up five runs and eight