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Barry Bonds gets 705 in San Francisco

Barry Bonds carefully marked almost every piece of his equipment with No. 705 and the date, boxed it up and sealed the top with athletic tape. His bat and hat, his gloves, his shoes, even his black-and-orange wristbands -- all of it got authenticated and put away for safekeeping in one of the slugger`s many storage units.

Bonds splashed a home run into McCovey Cove for the first time this season on Sunday. His 705th career homer led off the eighth inning, causing a commotion as soon as it reached the water and kayakers raced to retrieve the ball.

Bonds` homer followed a tiebreaking solo drive by Mike Matheny in the sixth and Randy Winn`s third homer in as many days, leading the San Francisco Giants past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3. Matheny`s homer off Franquelis Osoria (0-1) helped the Giants win their third straight after losing the opener and take the season series from Los Angeles 10-9. San Francisco trails the first-place Padres by 5 1/2 games in the NL West, and the Dodgers dropped 7 1/2 games back.