In his fifth plate appearance of the night, Barry Bonds finally got a pitch to drive, and the San Francisco Giants leftfielder took full advantage.
Bonds has three games to hit one more home run to break the record.
After an evening of glaring at pitches nobody could hit, after walking three times and grounding out while the Giants were routing the Astros in Houston, Bonds hit a home run in the top of the ninth inning. Now he is tied with Mark McGwire as the only men ever to hit 70 home runs in a season. The Yankees clinched. The Indians clinched. The Cards lead the Astros by 1 game.