Box Score of 500th Home Run by Barry Bonds

The Los Angeles Dodgers were winning 2-1 and Barry Bonds had four-hundred ninety-nine career home runs. Then in the bottom of the eighth inning, Bonds slammed a 2-0 fastball from reliever Terry Adams into McCovey Cove giving the Giants a 3-2 lead, an eventual victory, and a spectacular five-hundredth career home run.

"When I hit it, I couldn't believe I hit it. Everything was in slow motion. It looked like it was stopped in midair. After I saw it went past those people I thought, 'Wow! I did it!'" - Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds 500th Home Run Box Score

April 17, 2001 at Pacific Bell Park

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Marquis Grissom

cf 5 2 2 0

Mark Grudzielanek

2b 4 0 2 0

Gary Sheffield

lf 4 0 0 1

Eric Karros

1b 3 0 2 0

Shawn Green

rf 4 0 0 0

Phil Hiatt

3b 4 0 0 0

Paul LoDuca

c 4 0 2 0

Jeff Reboulet

ss 3 0 0 0

Darren Dreifort

p 3 0 1 0

   Terry Adams

p 0 0 0 0

   b-Chris Donnels

ph 0 0 0 0

   1-Tom Goodwin

pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 1

 

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Marvin Bernard

cf-rf 4 1 1 0

Rich Aurilia

ss 4 1 2 0

Barry Bonds

lf 4 1 1 2

Jeff Kent

2b 4 0 2 1

Armando Rios

rf 4 0 0 0

Robb Nen

p 0 0 0 0

J.T. Snow

1b 3 0 0 0

Russ Davis

3b 2 0 0 0

Benito Santiago

c 3 0 1 0

Shawn Estes

p 2 0 0 0

   Tim Worrell

p 0 0 0 0

   a-Eric Davis

ph 1 0 0 0

   Felix Rodriguez

p 0 0 0 0

   Calvin Murray

cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3

a: Struck out for Worrell in 7th inning.
b: Walked for Adams in the 9th inning.

1: Ran for Donnels in the 9th inning.

Double Play: Aurilia-Kent-Snow.
Doubles
: Grissom, Karros, LoDuca.
Error: Aurilia.
GIDP: Sheffield.
Home Run: Bonds.
Left on Base: Los Angeles 10, San Francisco 6.
Sacrifice Fly: Sheffield.
Stolen Base: Goodwin.
Triple: Aurilia.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Los Angeles

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0

San Francisco

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x 3 7 1
Pitching Notes

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Darren Dreifort

6.1 4 1 1 2 6

   Terry Adams

1.2 3 2 2 0 2

 

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Shawn Estes

6.0 9 2 2 1 8

   Tim Worrell

1.0 0 0 0 2 1

   Felix Rodriguez

1.0 0 0 0 0 2

   Robb Nen

1.0 0 0 0 1 2

Balk: Estes.
Losing Pitcher: Adams.
Save: Nen.
Winning Pitcher: Rodriguez.

Game Notes

Attendance: 41,059
Length of Game: 3:00.
Umpires: HP: Rick Reed, 1B: Mark Wegner, 2B: Laz Diaz, 3B: Dan Iassogna.


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Did you know that Barry Bonds has hit eight career home runs versus Greg Maddux and eight versus John Smoltz - his number one victims?

When Barry Bonds hit this historic home run he had already gone deep in four previous games making this the first time in his major league career where he hit a home run in five consecutive games!

Barry Bonds is only the seventeenth major league player to enter the 500 Home Runs Club - a club that is now lead by players from the Giants (Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Mel Ott)!